Sentence examples for initial preoccupation from inspiring English sources

The immediate context for the concern with and development of language typology in SFL is the multilingual orientation of Firthian linguistics in the 1950s and 1960s (cf. Firth 1957) as well as Michael Halliday's initial preoccupation with the description of Chinese (e.g. Halliday 1956 , 1959.

After his first few months in the job, Mirza's initial analysis was that the main preoccupation within GNM had in the past been to concentrate on the "numbers game in recruitment", which he believes highlights a "shallow" understanding of what diversity is all about.

In our initial work together, I sensed that her preoccupation with guilt and her remorse regarding past choices interfered with her ability to be present for her daughters in the here and now.

"I think we need China almost everywhere in the world because we've disengaged from the rest of the world," Mr. Clemons said, criticizing the administration's initial disdain for concerted international diplomacy and citing its preoccupation with Iraq.

But its marketing was also very astute: its initial growth was fuelled by the fact that the main preoccupation of Harvard undergraduates is getting laid; and it used its early exclusivity as bait, gradually adding less elite universities before eventually opening up to the world.

Though experts agree that Mais Medicos had many pressing flaws, including failing to outgrow its initial emergency aims and building a lasting healthcare infrastructure for rural communities, Bolsonaro's preoccupation with Cuba's role in it suggests the decision was based on ideology rather than true reform.

When briefed on the group's initial talk of border patrols back in February, Perry described the group's activities and preoccupation with the border as "disturbing".

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Ms. Schueler's "Braintrust" is an amusing trompe l'oeil painting of sketches, signed with other people's initials, that map their mental preoccupations.

Another big, new preoccupation?

But Matt Matttt was his preoccupation.