Sentence examples for preoccupation not only from inspiring English sources

This preoccupation not only charged the act of reading and writing with unusual significance but also produced, in To the Lighthouse (1927), The Waves (1931)—perhaps her most inventive and complex novel and Between the Acts (1941), her most sombre and moving work, some of the most daring fiction produced in the 20th century.

Thursday, January 29th The extent to which we've gone undetected on the Island is attributable in large part to The Others' preoccupation not only with themselves but with what we've theorized is the fulfillment of some cosmic mandate to enter numbers or characters into their BlackBerrys at strictly designated times, no matter what other activity they happen to be engaged in.

His work reveals an intense preoccupation not only with contemporary Paraguay but with its history, looking back to the beginning of the 19th century and the rule of Dr. Gaspar de Francia (whose life is the focus of Yo, el Supremo).

If you want to build companes and ride the wave of innovation, it's a 24/7 preoccupation — not just a lifestyle business.

This is a country in love with music and dance — a preoccupation that shows not only on special occasions like the Oguaa Fetu Afehye, a festival that draws foreign visitors in September, but every day.

To the degree that she will consent to define herself — and escaping definition is one of her central preoccupations — it is not only as a writer who doesn't traffic in big ideas but as one with a profound antipathy toward intellectualizing.

The Italian-American preoccupation with food is not only a long-standing cultural tradition but also a prescient sign of the group's endurance.

Shoes, of course, are not only a feminine preoccupation; handmade men's shoes are enjoying a resurgence.

When Mr. Levin looked at the names that appeared on Web pages summoned by some number searches, they suggested not only a human preoccupation with the biographical (Sartre, 1905-1980) and the historical (Columbus, 1492), but also "glimpses into how people are feeling about the individuals singled out" (Bill Gates, 666).

With Schubert, of course, the spectre of death is omnipresent, and not only because of prevailing Romantic preoccupations: syphilis had marked him for an early demise.

Perhaps those conversations were not only attempting to resolve the two preoccupations of every exile: longing and logistics.