Sentence examples for years of preoccupation from inspiring English sources

Good god — this requires months, even years of preoccupation.

Leaders and officials at every level will begin to relax after months if not years of preoccupation with this event.

To its credit, the International Monetary Fund has started to focus on this issue after 15 years of preoccupation with development and transition.

Japan is central to Mr. Obama's effort to shift America's focus toward the Pacific Rim after years of preoccupation with war and with counterterrorism efforts in the Middle East and North Africa.

The meeting, at the end of the summit, capped a week during which Mr. Obama moved quickly, and on several fronts, to restore the influence of the United States in the Asia-Pacific region after years of preoccupation in Iraq and Afghanistan.

A conviction is growing among American educators that, after several years of preoccupation with issues like competency tests for teachers and stiffer graduation requirements for students, the nationwide effort to improve the quality of public schools has entered a new and more complex stage.

Iraq has little control over its area near the Turkish border because of preoccupation with its 6 1/2-year-old war against Iran.

During the remaining years of his reign, Augustus's main preoccupation was to ensure the succession of his son.

Evidence suggests, however, that retention tends to atrophy across the span of an average medical course and into the early postgraduate years, as preoccupation with clinical medicine predominates.

Chechnya had for years been the preoccupation of Russian ground forces.

That surely is a result of preoccupation with structure.