Sentence examples for has a preoccupation from inspiring English sources

There's more than a hint of season one of True Detective here; and while the suggestion that the two illicit groups might be connected in some grand conspiracy still seems a little far-fetched to me, what is certain is that Pizzolatto has a preoccupation with the ways in which shadowy figures exert their authority over those weaker than themselves.

And while its owner, Carolyn Coquillette, has a preoccupation with cleanliness that may not be unique in a mechanic's shop, her ubiquitous recycling containers (for paper, plastic, rubber, metal and oil) and the solar panels on her roof set Luscious apart.

However, since the human mindset, and especially the "modern" mindset, has a preoccupation, or even obsession, with a linear view of history and progress, many forecasters are predicting various combinations upon the "business as usual" model.

Dancehall has a preoccupation with what men do, and as a result there are very strong feelings about any act that transgresses what men are supposed to do or what is associated with traditional masculinity.

Authoritarians have a preoccupation with luxury, Ben-Ghiat said.

The Jahai, according to Majid and Burenhult, have a "preoccupation with odor".

Kevin Parker Keighley, W Yorks David Goodhart is not a racist, but he seems to have a preoccupation with race.

It is no surprise, then, that we have a preoccupation with peeping through the keyhole into the lives of others.

The White House insists that the president does not have a preoccupation with Fox News, and that both of the president's recent Fox quips were ad-libbed.

French composers of the early 20th century seem to have had a preoccupation with the sea to rival that of their German predecessors' fondness for writing songs about trees, birdsong, herz and schmerz.

His album "Jíbaro" (Marsalis Music), from 2005, dealt with the song form of Puerto Rican back-country troubadours, and it had a preoccupation with numbers, particularly in the décima, a 10-line stanza with specific rhyme schemes.