Sentence examples for local preoccupations from inspiring English sources

At the Pentagon, officials expressed some exasperation with their Afghan partners' local preoccupations.

Christopher Brennan, in such volumes as Poems 1913 19133), virtually ignored local preoccupations in his Symbolist poetry; he tapped instead the deep sources of spiritual restlessness, particularly through the use of myth and archetype.

And few residents seem obsessed over their impact on Seattle's image, especially since the standard local preoccupation is with getting fewer people to move here, not more.

I said I wasn't surprised, considering the local preoccupation with money, which can be seen in all facets of Cambodian life, often to detrimental effect.

During the last months, the Commission has also participated in various EU actions to transmit to the Supreme Court of Justice and the local authorities our preoccupation about the increasing wave of threats, attacks and violence in that country.

The announcement was not the only news in what has become the biggest preoccupation of local and state health officials this summer.

Keeping outdoor artworks like sculptures and murals unsullied by vandalism is a constant preoccupation of local authorities and the hygiene industry.

The health of local residents has been a preoccupation, her own included.

The exercise of bringing locals to express their perceptions and preoccupations in regards to their living environment thus constitutes a valuable complement to the traditional expert perspective.

When people rise in Bangladesh and in Detroit, in South Africa and Peru, in India and in Syria, it is harder to dismiss their demands as individual, or local, or even as the political preoccupation of only a few.

Heavy taxes drove many cultivators off the land; and the government's exclusive preoccupation with Europe resulted in local revolts in eastern Anatolia and among the Arab tribes of Syria and Iraq.