Sentence examples for engaged in matters from inspiring English sources

Philip IV elevated Rubens from mere court painter to "secretary of the king's privy council of the Netherlands" to head off complaints that a simple craftsman should be engaged in matters of state.

"I welcome the fact that he is so engaged in matters of culture and public policy more broadly," says Tessa Jowell, a minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, "and he, and I am sure any other minister he dealt with, were absolutely clear about the status of his approach which was not in any way intended to undermine or over-ride the normal process of policy determination".

When he isn't engaged in matters of religious or academic interest, Leead can be found listening to Paramore or napping.

His supporters argue that the letters published do not show the prince as engaging in matters of party political contention.

But aides argue the letters do not show the prince engaging in matters of party political contention, implying they do not breach the principle of political neutrality.

He is no check on the President, who has a propensity to engage in matters of this kind, and is liable to be constantly imposed upon by sharpers and adventurers.

She also said that a separate law banning federal employees from engaging in matters affecting their financial interests does not apply to the president.

"This week we shall be much engaged in household matters, such as the reduction to order of the chaos which still reigns in certain places least obvious to visitors," she wrote to a friend, a few days after her arrival.

A section on the relations between Christians and Jews is the kind of theological inside baseball that few believers other than those professionally engaged in such matters would care much about.

But he also demanded that evangelicals look beyond liturgy and Christian tradition and remain engaged in worldly matters — "to take more responsible attitudes toward economics, the arts, politics and culture in general," as Mark A. Noll, a University of Notre Dame professor and scholar of the movement, said in an interview in 2007.

Unfortunately, Mario Monti's party has not engaged in civil matters very much, such as looking at marriage for homosexuals or immigration issues.