Sentence examples for preoccupied from from inspiring English sources

Ford, a Labour peer held in high regard across the political spectrum, says she and her board have been "utterly preoccupied from day one" with ensuring that local people derive the maximum value from the post-Games plans, and with facilitating the Olympic boroughs' goal of economic convergence with the richer west and centre of London.

While the sage fully appreciates that the Khazar king's principal concern is to learn what actions are pleasing and displeasing, he also recognizes that the king has been perplexed and preoccupied from the beginning with the claim that God created the world out of nothing in six days.

Traditional Jewish themes preoccupied Bloom from first to last.

Witchcraft had preoccupied Bikubi from an early age.

Asked about her offstage life, she described it as more in sync with Australia than America, where the elusive fantasy of the happy family has preoccupied playwrights from Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller to, more recently, Wendy Wasserstein, Tracy Letts and Mr. Baitz.

A Web video released this week by American Crossroads, a Republican "super PAC," made the case that the president's focus on image had preoccupied him from more important issues, mocking his mingling with the stars, including his "slow-jamming the news" with Jimmy Fallon on "Late Night" this week.

The history, natural resources, and constitution of the land of Britain have preoccupied writers from the ancient Greeks onwards.

Disorder has preoccupied Bratton from the beginning.

In Mary Poppins, Mr Banks converts from preoccupied bank man into fantastic father to Jane and Michael.

Rehearsals are not easy; the musicians can be unfocussed, because they are preoccupied with worries from their real jobs and their personal lives.

In a season when New York's major museums seem excessively preoccupied with art from the previous century, "Gutai: Splendid Playground" is a breath of fresh air.