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I can't speak for everyone, but it seems to me that guys are much more preoccupied with stamina than size.

More optimistic analysts think China will stay preoccupied with economic development at home for at least two or three decades.

"There's always a time lag, " he adds, noting that the company is now preoccupied with shipping retail clients' spring orders.

I tried to interest him in our venture, but he seemed preoccupied with something else. No doubt he has other fish to fry.

What I'm trying to do here is to get you to relax, to not be so preoccupied with getting, so you can respond to God's giving.

I feel like this worry is demonic and causes women to be preoccupied with things that will ultimately fade away.

Being too preoccupied with this makes it easy to lose sense of what's important.

Yes girls need to keep up their appearance, but I don't feel they need to be so preoccupied with it.

This may seem a paradoxical claim to make at a time when mankind is so much preoccupied with weapons of destruction.

Second, if my eyes are preoccupied with looking at others, there won't be much opportunity to "look up" to Jesus.

A trader with a small account is so preoccupied with money that it impairs his ability to think, play, and win.

Andrew's mind was not really on Celia's endeavours; he was preoccupied with a problem of his own.

He had retreated to Bali for several weeks to work on the manuscript and was still preoccupied with it after his return.

This dog would make even a dog like that slink nonchalantly be? hind the sofa and pretend to be extremely preoccupied with its rubber bone.

Ordinary Chinese, however, have been more preoccupied with a hit-and-run accident that caused the death of a two-year-old girl.

If Umar was preoccupied with his own household, the Prophet would be in non imminent danger from that quarter.

MercatorNet: Do you think the Western press is too preoccupied with its own trivial issues?

I believe, as John Gray has argued, that we humans, like most creatures, are preoccupied with the needs of the moment.

Now she looked like the boss who took the team out for drinks after a big project but was preoccupied with tomorrow's presentation.

With official inflation at 15 percent "every month my purchasing power drops and I am preoccupied with daily livelihood, " he said.

A trader who becomes preoccupied with indicators quickly reaches the point of diminishing returns.

You're preoccupied with your bride all day long.

When we become overly preoccupied with ourselves, our attention no longer flows freely, but becomes trapped by an unhealthy self-focus.

This will remain a distant prospect as long as Latin America is divided and Europe is preoccupied with its own woes.

Pray that you and your spouse will never become so preoccupied with other things that you all begin to serve those things instead of God.

In her asleep state, Venus can be lazy, sluggish, vain and preoccupied with appearance.

Consider counseling if you are feeling depressed, anxious, or so preoccupied with your infertility that you feel it is hard to enjoy life.

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Corporate boards will be preoccupied with risk management or, as it will be fashionable to say, early warning.

Admittedly, the Obama administration is preoccupied with domestic issues and with other pressing matters abroad.

He reasons that because he is preoccupied with solving a problem that will in some way benefit her, she should know he cares for her.

Think of all the times you walk around in a day dream, or preoccupied with your problems.

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Uncle Peter, preoccupied with the conversation behind him, had driven past the Merriwether carriage block and he backed up the horse.

The old man, preoccupied with the governing interest of his life, was only thinking of the much-meditated book.

The U. S. cables point to weak law enforcement, a country preoccupied with political problems and inconvenient geography.

The regulators are usually preoccupied with keeping banks sound and warning them not to lend too loosely. No more.

In his cave a man is preoccupied with solving his problem and is unaware of how his indifferent attitude might feel to others.

There are not a few who suspect that even Obama's America will be preoccupied with a checklist of more urgent concerns.

However, as other powers rise, and as America becomes increasingly preoccupied with its economic future, the margin for error is shrinking.

India's central bank is still preoccupied with the inflation that quickly ensued after the financial crisis abated.

People high on this trait tend to be preoccupied with the sexual aspects of relationships rather than emotional intimacy.

Overnight, we went from an organisation preoccupied with gathering news to a business unit preoccupied with ad revenue and ratings.

Although preoccupied with profits, he exudes pride when he speaks of the honour of running HSBC.

The US, preoccupied with Pyongyang's nuclear capability, has refused to restart six-country talks until Pyongyang dismantles that programme.

Dr. Ian Malcolm: Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didnt stop to think if they should.

I am so preoccupied with my obsessions that I am not capable of seeing one step back or one step ahead.

It was preoccupied with the Myanmar junta's farcical plans for an election this year.

They were preoccupied with the thought of the coming holiday .

You are constantly preoccupied with "me" and what you like and what others think of you and why things aren't going your way.

his successor as prime minister has rarely shown the same zeal, and is anyway preoccupied with fighting a recession.

Idealist men are often preoccupied with ideal sex -- that perfect beauty and performance.

They are very preoccupied with relationships, and very sensitive to small cues of threat in a relationship.

Many youngsters today are so preoccupied with computer games as to forsake food and sleep, resulting in a host of adverse consequences.

Developing countries are preoccupied with economic issues and food security, he said, so they do not focus on data.

The mathematical theory of economics is thus preoccupied with statistical techniques.

Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.

A west preoccupied with crises at home has turned away from internationalist ambitions.

The Chinese government, preoccupied with stability, is doing everything in its power to ensure the Olympics go off without a hitch.

a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts.

Sometimes you need a break simply because you get so preoccupied with growing, that it becomes unconscious.

Officials are preoccupied with residents' immediate needs for shelter, jobs and basic infrastructure.

One would never understand the real meaning of life once he is held to be preoccupied with respectability and material values.

However, Quebec remained preoccupied with Canadian Constitution which made no allowance of Quebec's interest and feeling.

We should never walk close to its shopwindow, preoccupied with happiness.

FREUD was famously preoccupied with the influence of early childhood experiences on development.

She is always preoccupied with her own well-being.

It occured to me that most poetry, as re-present-ation, is essentially preoccupied with time and space, what happened where and when.

Governments are currently rightly preoccupied with crisis management.

Second, the regulatory reform discussion of the past year seems overly preoccupied with questions of institutional design.

The most likely contender is Murdoch, but he is preoccupied with his own troubles.

Don't be preoccupied with the favor you have done for others for no one except you really cares and remembers it.

We must not let ourselves become so preoccupied with our occupations that we forget our greater vocation from God.

Psychopathic preoccupied with torture in the extreme, but not known to have committed murder.

Too often, internal auditors become preoccupied with petty details and neglect the big issues.

In recent years an interesting development has been the engagement in street arts of artists more usually preoccupied with other genres.

Do the authorities take the lives of common people seriously enough, except that they have been preoccupied with making dirty money?

The country has allowed itself to become more preoccupied with hosting major sporting events than with winning them.

Perhaps it is too preoccupied with Iraq, and certainly the downfall of Mr Rumsfeld removed a powerful champion of space weapons.

Not surprisingly, the strikers were preoccupied with regaining their jobs and keeping their system of seniority.

I doubt that a country that will be so preoccupied with this fundamental change will also have time to concentrate on dominating the world.

All of them are too busy and far too preoccupied with things that they deem more important than software development.

the fund is buttoned - up , hierarchical and preoccupied with hard money and sound budgets.

M was convinced it was not simply a distraction caused by being too busy or preoccupied with other things.

It's understandable that so many high schoolers and their nervous parents are preoccupied with the idea of getting into an elite college.

Many are now more preoccupied with ensuring uninterrupted access to funds.

he was preoccupied with the thoughts of the coming holiday.

Behavioural Psychologist Jo Hemmings, author of How To Have Great Sex, explains why men are so preoccupied with their stomachs.

Persian Gulf governments, meanwhile, have recently appeared preoccupied with their own economic head winds.

Americans have been preoccupied with their weight rather than health.

Don't get too preoccupied with particular technical approaches.

He always seemed preoccupied with things he didn't see fit to share with the rest of us.

The Chinese leadership is understandably preoccupied with internal development.

Most Olympic sponsors are still far more preoccupied with their domestic market than with overseas ambitions.

WallStreet is preoccupied with chasing new profits again.

A few students told her of dropping or flunking courses partly because they were so preoccupied with the Internet.

Many professional people are preoccupied with being right.

My new colleagues seem preoccupied with television programmes I know nothing about.

Satan can't get your attention when your mind is preoccupied with something else.

During the 1980s and 1990s, governments became preoccupied with runaway inflation and national debt.

People who are preoccupied with past achievements cannot humble themselves.

While the others were preoccupied with fighting, America strengthened its export markets at their expense.

It is also vital to have some sense of direction, which means making plans for the future but not becoming preoccupied with them.

He was preoccupied with chagrin and etiquette.

But Sun's mind was soon preoccupied with the problem of curing the ills of feudal China.

The fund is buttoned-up[2], hierarchical and preoccupied with hard money and sound budgets.

We are still preoccupied with the upcoming event, but do intend to offer additional contests and community events in the future.

Much media coverage of rural China remains preoccupied with rustic icons from the past.

Being preoccupied with time, and allowing clocks to run your life.

He is too preoccupied with personal affairs to live happily.

While many are becoming preoccupied with "I" , "me" , and "mine" , words for our fellow humans are disappearing from their vocabulary.

If you allow yourself to become preoccupied with the temporal, you are living in time.

When we can't afford love, never walk close to it's shopwindow , preoccupied with happiness.

You are preoccupied with issues of mental health or mental acuity.

At the very same time, you may be preoccupied with home-related changes and improvements.

At times in life our focus slips from our Lord and we become preoccupied with our own activities.

We're so preoccupied with the pursuit of happiness that we are in danger of forgetting how to enjoy our lives.

I'm preoccupied with this problem right now.

Preoccupied with everything, hesitate, to live is also tired, dead born, rare, chic most important.

Other people my age were preoccupied with more pragmatic things, such as school, job hunting and romantic relationships.

Most of us, from birth, or early adolescence anyway, are preoccupied with finding a mate, keeping a mate, and so on.

In any event, everyone is too preoccupied with their own losses to comment on Chinese policies.

you should be preoccupied with my class.

We mustn't get preoccupied with reveling ourselves.

You are not preoccupied with the past or the future; you are there for your beloved.

How often do you feel preoccupied with the Internet when off-line, or fantasize about being on-line?

I am preoccupied with pressing challenges.

But the DPP is also preoccupied with internal problems, such as division over their former leader Chen Shui-bian.

I do find that some activities that are usually happiness-inducing don't work very well when I'm preoccupied with bad thoughts.

How do you pitch a program like yours when mayors are preoccupied with cutting budgets?

She is affable enough when she is not preoccupied with business problems.

I was so preoccupied with talking to you.

Preoccupied with TV screen, and to learn down, power will gradually decrease.

And over time she found her mind more and more preoccupied with thoughts of the Third Children.

In life, some losses are inevitable, we should be treated with optimism, can not be preoccupied with.

For example, sometimes we drive the car on autopilot while being preoccupied with thoughts.

We hate the young because they are so preoccupied with trivial pursuits such as games, virtual friends and movie stars.

A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy.

What are you so preoccupied with?

Are you preoccupied with the sleep, or do you sleep late on weekends?

First, this is a person who is preoccupied with preserving his status and saving face.

Are you preoccupied with sleep or do you sleep late on the weekends?

Attachment is immersed is to focus, is preoccupied with single-minded pursuit, exploration is a tireless quest perseverance;

To have the mind excessively preoccupied with a single emotion or topic

They may be preoccupied with the unwelcome or offensive sexual behaviour;

at one time , i actually was too preoccupied with my reading to have lunch

I was preoccupied with looking at the map,

when nathan came home , was he preoccupied with kuwait

Are you preoccupied with gaming (thinking about it when offline, anticipating your next online session)