Sentence examples for of our preoccupations from inspiring English sources

They express their interpretation of the world and their understanding of our preoccupations and identities.

In all cases the patient should be at the centre of our preoccupations.

Perhaps even more importantly, his proposals attempt to remedy the impending anomaly of our preoccupation with exams at 16, which will make very little sense once the school-leaving age goes up to 18 in 2015.

And "The Hunger Games," besides dwelling, like so many of these books, on the age-old American concern about phoniness and authenticity, also points out the dark, scapegoating side of our preoccupation with reality shows, especially elimination contests like "American Idol" and "The Biggest Loser".

However, markets are indeed, important and they have been largely ignored as a result of our preoccupation with the individual.

Here is a central dilemma of our preoccupation with heaven.

Even at the peak of our preoccupation with dietary fat, most experts understood that almonds, walnuts, and avocado were not the problem.

We often miss good conversations because of our preoccupation with technology.

Instead, our policies bounce around like a pin-ball that is impelled by one of our four preoccupations: Israel, Iran, 'the war on terror' and oil.

The cultural industry has done very well out of our recent preoccupation with conflict.

We've had these debates before, and we'll have them again: JPMorgan's settlement is only the latest instance of a big company being forced to pay a big sum to mollify those it has allegedly wronged, and the ensuing controversy is only the latest example of our cultural preoccupation with whether the punishment meted out to these companies is sufficient.