Sentence examples for preoccupations of both from inspiring English sources

He would never have countenanced the notion that property, the security of which was one of the prime preoccupations of both Whig and Tory parties, would be safe in a democratic society in which the propertyless voters would obviously be in a majority.

"What Otto wanted" is a central preoccupation of both groups.

Meanwhile, the sale is a preoccupation of both staff and patrons.

This strategy was pursued most vigorously in Germany, where the unification of the German states into a single nation became a central preoccupation of both liberals and conservatives by the middle of the 19th century.

For months, the sale has been a preoccupation of both the staff and former guests ranging from Brooke Astor to Woody Allen, many of whom have been worried that the hotel would be diminished by a bottom-line-oriented buyer.

Since last year, the sale of the Carlyle, a 70-year-old hotel at 35 East 76th Street, has been a preoccupation of both its staff and its celebrity patrons, many of whom have worried that it would be diminished by a bottom line-oriented buyer.

In the image, Ruhl's main thematic tragicomic preoccupations of being both disembodied and disconnected coalesce.

Both groups aspired to set literature and art free from the materialistic preoccupations of industrialized society, and, in both, the freedom of some members' morals helped to enlarge the connotation of the term, which is almost equivalent to fin de siècle.

Luggage is eloquent both of travel culture in general and the preoccupations of its owner.

In his speech to both Houses on 9 November, James expounded on two emerging preoccupations of his monarchy: the Divine Right of Kings and the Catholic question.

Both directors are well up to speed with the conventions and preoccupations of revenge drama.