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The location and designs for the new restaurant were Mandy's constant preoccupation for a short while
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” Aaron answered without apology for the eccentric preoccupation
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one of his preoccupation during the whole of his life
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The preoccupation of our so-called social leaders is
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I wonder where this obsessive preoccupation with race is destined to lead our society
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reproach often manifest in marked preoccupation with the moral
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Since then, the evangelical tradition in the Church of Scotland has shown an almost obsessive preoccupation with doctrine
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The hamburger and French fries that he ordered were a change from Army mess hall fare and German food that he had grown accustomed to in the past year, but the state of preoccupation that he was experiencing did not allow him to enjoy the meal fully
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Adam was quiet apart from a few words with the children, but his main preoccupation was with Susan
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3- Preoccupation with one or more objects or subjects
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Juliet sensed his preoccupation and chose not to disturb it
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M: Nothing stops you but preoccupation with the outer which
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realizing that I had a serious preoccupation with wanting more – the
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preoccupation, morbid reflections - call them and try to describe
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An obsession with money has become a major preoccupation for both Clintons
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Even beyond the defences she’d raised so her mind could not be read, he’d understood her preoccupation with what had happened in her Sub-Council rooms
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preoccupation to put him in check
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Mary’s main preoccupation
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simplification of some larger concept? What limits to understanding greater truths about the universe and humanity exist due to our preoccupation with
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Preoccupation with vain things and malicious
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Likewise, mindless preoccupation with artha might help man accumulate wealth but it would hardly impart richness to his life
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The twelve had often seen their Master when he seemed to grieve, and they had beheld his brief seasons of serious preoccupation of mind, but none of them had ever seen him weep
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In his preoccupation he forgot to replace the man
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But "[a] historical perspective shows that anorexia nervosa existed before there was a mass cultural preoccupation with dieting and a slim female body" (Brumberg 1988, p
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Many people today have a preoccupation with mental and physical aspects
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-An abnormal preoccupation with wanting to be thin
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preoccupation with using techniques is seen [from the Rogerian
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because of my preoccupation with Carol's confrontation with
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I’m not suggesting the closing down of Vatican City and having a moving garage sale, but this preoccupation with the affordability of coupling might be a bit 94
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has a huge preoccupation in the New Testament
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my legs for all to see, that began to dismantle my preoccupation with
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The average bloke’s preoccupation Is to live selfishly
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disappointed with Alex’s distance and preoccupation
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is not, and preoccupation with other matters, cloud our perceptions
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The failure to destroy the fuel tanks and service facilities reflected Japanese preoccupation with tactical rather than logistical targets
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Ingrid nodded her head at that, understanding Ascani’s preoccupation about launching the C-100 as fast as he could: the prototype of the XB-50 was their most secret plane with the XF-83 and they couldn’t risk having it being seen in daylight by civilians, for fear that the Soviets could get wind of its existence
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“I’m here,” Wickland answered without any indication of his preoccupation
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Her next preoccupation was about Julia, who had not spoken on the intercom for a good two minutes
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The minister then left, preoccupation on his face
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“Would you prefer to discuss your preoccupation with childhood games and wishful thinking?” Garcia
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The two Koorivars nodded their heads but didn’t speak: that was still a subject of great preoccupation for them and something that Tina Forster, however helpful she had been up to now, had little say about
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Feeling the preoccupation in Pierre as they were about to go to sleep after making love together, Nancy tenderly caressed his cheek in the darkness of their bedroom
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television and their main preoccupation those days seemed to be cutting
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Still can’t he feel some fondness for me as well? In spite of his preoccupation with Sandhya, shouldn’t he be thinking about me in blissful anticipation? Of course, the same way I think of him while in Sathyam’s arms
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To judge yourself and to judge others is a preoccupation of the mind that dirties the heart and subsequently obscures the soul
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If ever there was a wasteful preoccupation of the mind it
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which he departs from the body because of his constant preoccupation
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His preoccupation was cut short by the sight of a lone person at the far end of the road
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However, humanity’s degeneration and decline from an elevated rank result from the neglect of contemplation of ourselves and the signs which God created in this universe, the preoccupation with food and drink, the absorption in worldly concerns, and the desire for material wealth
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He can show some warning signs such as preoccupation with the drugs and inability to take care of his personal grooming, inadequate sleep, irritability, agitation, depression and easy provocation
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So, I ask you again, what is more pornographic, your thirteen year old Cuntry Club daughter texting her breasts to her gender ambiguous gym coach, or the child labor of missing limbs and lost lives in every product, the villages and nations ruined to a migration of extinction by the land grabs, research labs, and corporate conquests extinguishing all that stands between it and profit, the occupation of your boredom, and the preoccupation of your meritorious privilege? You tell me which is more pornographic?” EvEx concluded and hir images faded
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“While this is all very -um- enlightening…” Conrad managed to interrupt, while manfully struggling to keep a straight face, not only at the girls’ disclosures, but also because he’d just become aware of his brother’s preoccupation with their kid sister’s best friend, and noticing at the same time, Henrietta’s complete ignorance of this fact
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Conrad’s grin grew wider when he noticed his brother’s preoccupation with the flustered redhead, who was beginning to sense Falcon’s changed interest in her person, but he refrained from commenting on this fact, and instead shook Annie’s hand and greeted her flirtatiously
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seem to have had a preoccupation with the penis for centuries
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In our preoccupation with words, we started to confuse
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His casual preoccupation with the building, its metal door and alarm system, drew the attention of the only man who would care, and he was becoming more irritated by the minute
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This preoccupation was alien to him
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A mission had effectively fallen into his lap and he, in his preoccupation and self-pity, had missed a redemptive opportunity
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His sword and bow lay nearby and, despite his preoccupation, he carried a weight on his shoulders
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The preoccupation of his, the impenetrable moods of distraction, were they the way to bring up the subject? They were certainly a soft way to bring the matter up, but on their own they didn't amount to much
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Neil again, and preoccupation started growing in him
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preoccupation and pleaded for help
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Mary returned with an air of tactile preoccupation
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Our conversation flagged because of this preoccupation and I had a thoroughly uncomfortable evening
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The absence of a father, the strong, domineering, businesswoman mother and our preoccupation with beauty and femininity in a milieu of giggling, gossiping women was bound to divert my normal sexual orientation
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It helped me pass the time and deflected the constant preoccupation with my personal difficulties and failures
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Whereas in the past, the cats were her only preoccupation, we now seemed to share her life on an equal footing
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Their religion and its preoccupation with death led to the desire to build splendid tombs for the kings and this in turn led to the development of the extraordinary skill in masonry and architecture
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preoccupation with her rats and mice and books made her neglect herself
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How would she ever find a husband? She laughed and said she still had at least another five years of studies and specializations and for the time being rats and mice were her only preoccupation
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He knew he had a gift with words and despite his anxious preoccupation with women and
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His sole preoccupation with the trivial
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Ant noticed her preoccupation and finally interrupted
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The Qu’ran also is remarkably comparable to the Bible in that it relies heavily on an emphasis and preoccupation of violence, punishment and hell as a threatening lever for the driving motivational force to instill a particular belief and subsequent reform, conformation and obedience
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In contrast with Michael Angelo's drawing, note the preoccupation with the silhouette the spaces occupied by the different masses in the field of vision; how the appearance solid forms is the result of accurately portraying this visual appearance
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The eye looks, but it is the mind that sees; and when the mind contemplates phenomena under a preoccupation of thought, it interprets them in the light of its own idea: so that unless that general idea be a right one its view of every phenomenon is in some measure perverted
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* It may be objected that such a preoccupation of the mind of man must be regarded as a divinely inspired preparation for the gospel
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He observed her dreaminess and preoccupation
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All the bodily fatigue of the day, all the preoccupation of mind which the events of the evening had brought on, disappeared as they do at the first approach of sleep, when we are still sufficiently conscious to be aware of the coming of slumber
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The actors made their entries and exits unobserved or unthought of; at certain conventional moments, the spectators would suddenly cease their conversation, or rouse themselves from their musings, to listen to some brilliant effort of Moriani's, a well-executed recitative by Coselli, or to join in loud applause at the wonderful powers of La Specchia; but that momentary excitement over, they quickly relapsed into their former state of preoccupation or interesting conversation
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"Why so? In life, our greatest preoccupation is death; is it not then, curious to study the different ways by which the soul and body can part; and how, according to their different characters, temperaments, and even the different customs of their countries, different persons bear the transition from life to death, from existence to annihilation? As for myself, I can assure you of one thing,—the more men you see die, the easier it becomes to die yourself; and in my opinion, death may be a torture, but it is not an expiation
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During the evident preoccupation of Madame de Villefort, Monte Cristo scrutinized the features and appearance of the boy she kept folded in her arms, lavishing on him the most tender endearments
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The preoccupation returned, however, as soon as he stepped out of the ring
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Louie wanted to reassure Phil that he’d done nothing wrong, but he decided that raising the issue would deepen Phil’s preoccupation
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My preoccupation with the property had so completely taken me over that I became possessed with the idea to see it for myself
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“Were the year not quite so advanced,” the Mighty Host of God and the Archangels’ commander continued calmly, “I would, of course, prefer to advance to the line of the Hildermoss, at least as far south as Lake Mayan, with an eye towards taking the offensive should the heretics’ present preoccupation with capturing Mother Church’s holding camps offer an opening
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So he allowed his mind to be occupied with her, deeming his preoccupation to be no more than a philosopher's regard of an exceedingly novel, fresh, and interesting specimen of womankind
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But that spectacle did not affect her preoccupation
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It was only on account of his preoccupation with his own affairs, and the illness in his house, that he did not bear in mind the curious incident, which, however, he recalled a long while after
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A pattering of hoofs on the soil of the field, which they had not noticed in their preoccupation, ceased close behind them; and a voice reached her ear:
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Up this road from the precincts of the city two persons were walking rapidly, as if unconscious of the trying ascent—unconscious through preoccupation and not through buoyancy
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Raoul went on making this strange sort of remarks which corresponded so intimately and logically with the preoccupation of his brain and which, at the same time, tended to persuade many people that his mind was unhinged
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But let them conceive one more historical contrast: the gigantic broken revelations of that Imperial and Papal city thrust abruptly on the notions of a girl who had been brought up in English and Swiss Puritanism, fed on meagre Protestant histories and on art chiefly of the hand-screen sort; a girl whose ardent nature turned all her small allowance of knowledge into principles, fusing her actions into their mould, and whose quick emotions gave the most abstract things the quality of a pleasure or a pain; a girl who had lately become a wife, and from the enthusiastic acceptance of untried duty found herself plunged in tumultuous preoccupation with her personal lot
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Again, the matter-of-course statement and tone of dismissal with which he treated what to her were the most stirring thoughts, was easily accounted for as belonging to the sense of haste and preoccupation in which she herself shared during their engagement
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that duteous preoccupation; and yet at the next moment the husband's sandy absorption of such nectar was too intolerable; and Will's longing to say damaging things about him was perhaps not the less tormenting because he felt the strongest reasons for restraining it
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Her decision to go, and her preoccupation in leaving the room, had come from the sudden sense that there would be a sort of deception in her voluntarily allowing any further intercourse between herself and Will which she was unable to mention to her husband, and already her errand in seeking Lydgate was a matter of concealment
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With Rosamond, on the other hand, he pouted and was wayward—nay, often uncomplimentary, much to her inward surprise; nevertheless he was gradually becoming necessary to her entertainment by his companionship in her music, his varied talk, and his freedom from the grave preoccupation which, with all her husband's tenderness and indulgence, often made his manners unsatisfactory to her, and confirmed her dislike of the medical profession
