Sentence examples for the top preoccupation from inspiring English sources

Suicide bombings, assassinations, and military operations against entrenched terrorists remained the top preoccupation of Pakistan's government.

They are stereotyped for their wealth, over-the-top weddings, and preoccupation with status symbols.

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It was an overwhelming red-top preoccupation, and its events fell into the structures of narratology effortlessly.

These intensive preparations, described by advisers and friends of the top candidates, reflect the preoccupation that many Republican candidates have with Mr. Trump, whose taste for lacerating his rivals with provocative language has made him the most unpredictable force on a presidential debate stage in years.

What seems clear is that the interest of readers of The Economist is piqued not by the most newsy tales; the top ten is instead a study in revealed preferences.There is clearly a preoccupation, for example, with intelligence.

The top agenda items for today's White House meeting between President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak are not a surprise; Middle East peace and combating extremism are the shared preoccupations that define U.S.-Egyptian relations.

But in some respects his report reiterates the military top brass's traditional preoccupations, including the urge to master new technologies such as nuclear energy (to power submarines, not make bombs) and create a domestic arms industry, and a mild paranoia about Amazonia.Brazil's army occupies an ambiguous place in national life.

A former HR director of one of our top retailers tells me about the shocking preoccupation of directors with their own pay and bonuses, even as they cut pay and jobs of their workforce.

The preoccupation of economists on the burden of the disease joined the policies and caregivers preoccupations.

The preoccupation with the world's oldest profession.