Sentence examples for increased preoccupation from inspiring English sources

"It is with increased preoccupation and sadness that we see how gated communities are proliferating everywhere.

Alok clearly showed an increased preoccupation with food during the experiment, in terms of both what and where to eat.

As I watch my son and daughter raise my grandchildren and deal with the age-old issues of sibling rivalry and adolescent rebellion and the current ones of internet exposure, and the vastly increased preoccupation with safety, (No biking without  helmets please).

14 A high propensity to rehearse may therefore also cause high adiposity through an increased preoccupation with food and/or disordered eating behavior.

Specifically, we hypothesized that there may be increased preoccupation with flashforward imagery in participants with bipolar disorder, as predicted by their greater trait propensity to be visualizers than verbalizers (13).

Third, the increased preoccupation and awareness of bodily symptoms patterns is likely to cause chronic stress particularly as the lack of a "medical explanation" for unspecific symptoms often leads to feelings of uncertainty, to rejection from the side of the physician with subsequent symptom amplification and persistence of symptoms – yet without any prospects of successful treatment.

His later work showed an increasing preoccupation with landscape.

Fire safety became an increasing preoccupation of city planners, and their regulations became a major component of every theatre design.

The last 20 years have witnessed an increasing preoccupation — among all manner of people and organizations — with financial gain.

Another reflection of the value placed on the ideal image is an increasing preoccupation with the "heroic nude".

In fact, Lee Lin Chin's participation in the lamb campaign illustrates the limits of the left's increasing preoccupation with symbolism and representation.