Sentence examples for relatively preoccupied from inspiring English sources

Garage as a scene was a relatively preoccupied, to its own detriment, with image and bravado, hence all the champagne and Moschino and pirate radio call-outs to "bring straps" to raves.

Despite her relatively low profile, SNL seems preoccupied with Hillary Clinton, or at the very least, with looking for excuses for McKinnon to resurrect her brilliant impression.

China too, though concerned that the relatively conciliatory Mr Ma might lose, appears preoccupied with affairs at home.Despite this shift, Taiwanese politics has lost little of its rancour.

A civil war on terrorism Reprints Related items Ukraine: Ukraine on the brinkNov 25th 2004 Ukraine's election: The two VictorsNov 25th 2004Romania was keeping relatively quiet about events in Kiev this week, perhaps preoccupied with its own elections on November 28th, the conduct of which may not prove entirely beyond reproach.

A loyal following of music lovers has developed around the club, and its DIY nature means the police remain relatively unaware of the club's activities or are just preoccupied with more pressing issues than stopping people from dancing after midnight.

A loyal following of music lovers has developed around the club, and its DIY nature means the police remain relatively unaware of the club's activities – or are just preoccupied with more pressing issues than stopping people from dancing after midnight.

Moreover, with the combination of a relatively inexperienced state legislature (because of term limits) and a governor preoccupied with the threat of voter recall, there is policy paralysis in state government.

Even those companies that seemed relatively unscathed had to scrap many of their plans, wary of appearing preoccupied with profits in a time of crisis.

But right now, the industry is preoccupied by its financial woes, not least as last year's furniture fair was relatively subdued.

For one whose mind was so preoccupied by the accidents of birth and class, Gissing's own childhood was relatively calm.

Most mutational studies, however, have been preoccupied with the prevalence of somatic mutations in a specific single candidate gene in relatively small colorectal cancer patient cohorts.