Sentence examples for present preoccupation from inspiring English sources

The downside could of course be less slack for impoverished artists living on housing benefit in garrets, but this might be a price worth paying, to move art away from its present preoccupation with the outrageous and extreme.

Although I have no certain answer, "Guide" seems to me to sum up Mr. Rauschenberg's present preoccupations.

And Labour is probably saying: 'We see a different sort of Britain, and we must remember the working classes in the war.' As ever, present preoccupations shape perceptions of the past.

The acute consciousness of a changed world after the Revolution and hence of difference between historical periods led novelists to a new interest in re-creating the specificity of the past or, more accurately, reconstituting it in the light of their own present preoccupations, with a distinct preference for the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

Mosquitoes are an ever-present preoccupation in the south.

He cites religious warnings about pride, concern for one's immortal soul, hope for an afterlife, resignation about the present and preoccupation with God.

He said: "Tracks are leaked – intentionally, legally and unintentionally – and the idea of an album as a unifying statement about a band's style, future direction and present gnostic preoccupations are long consigned to the dustbin of history.

To wander through "A Glorious Enterprise: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the Making of American Science" is to absorb the 19th century's passion for botany and zoology; the 20th century's mania for exploration of distant, difficult or desolate places; and present-day preoccupations, particularly environmental issues like water quality.

Both archaeological evidence from the past and observation of simpler societies of the present show widespread preoccupation with, and ingenuity in, methods of hunting.

(Katlego) In this sample of men, the traditional masculine identity is largely an aspired one and appears to most be present as a preoccupation post-HIV diagnosis.

"Family history is usually not mentioned, to the advantage of the present and everyday preoccupations".