Sentence examples for preoccupied by a number of from inspiring English sources

For the time being, Mr. Assange and WikiLeaks are preoccupied by a number of legal battles, and the funding and technological assets of the organization may have to be used to defend WikiLeaks rather than prosecute a war on government secrecy.

Indeed, the philosophers and scholars of the time appear to have been preoccupied for a number of years with discussions on the nature and extent of the world.

The European Commission said that it "remains preoccupied that a number of the new provisions may violate E.U. law" and that it "reserves the right to take any steps that it deems appropriate, namely the possibility of launching infringement procedures".

In the past, he believes, many funding bodies were too preoccupied by the number of publications and so, too, were researchers.

Mr. William, a Coptic Christian, was preoccupied by a spate of attacks on churches and Christian homes across the country, a spasm of collective scapegoating by some of Mr. Morsi's supporters.

In the midst of a medical crisis, I found myself preoccupied by a social media question.

"Being preoccupied by a secret at work can be demotivating," Slepian said in a written statement.

The generic name Laelaps, used by Cope to denote a theropod, had been preoccupied by a mite.

PD patients were preoccupied by a demanding regimen that required them to balance treatment with meals and other daily activities.

This year they will be preoccupied by an absent friend.

But the city was preoccupied by an upsurge in violence.