| Well, the grannies and, come to that, the great grannies that I know are otherwise engaged. |
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| The mental health specialists at the university health service were apparently otherwise engaged. |
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| It would be difficult to swallow that all those officials in any one club would be otherwise engaged on the same evening. |
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| I kind of feel that I shouldn't date at all because it's not fair to the other guys because my feelings are otherwise engaged. |
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| About half of the 20 young women are otherwise engaged in the Champagne Room, a dim, closet-size space that holds half a dozen couples. |
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| The roll of honour of those otherwise engaged is long and growing by the day. |
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| To allow a quick get-away he locked the corpse in a nearby privy so that the servants would think that the king was otherwise engaged. |
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| I suppose this is what I have to look forward to in the foreseeable future, as Zoe is now otherwise engaged and I have nowt better to do. |
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| Unpleasant regulatory surprises have a way of sneaking in the back door when the voting public is otherwise engaged. |
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| I'm glad that my passions have been otherwise engaged, concerned with poetry and art, and with my own small affairs. |
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| Hardy souls not otherwise engaged may be able to get a fish in one of several sides who are short of anglers. |
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| As the proprietor was otherwise engaged, I returned to the shop later in the day. |
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| The result would be no different than if a third party, not otherwise engaged in contemplation of legal proceedings, had undertaken such additional activities. |
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| I suspect most readers will be otherwise engaged tonight as well. |
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| I understand that the Presidency and the Commission were otherwise engaged in the preparation of today's meeting. |
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| I can consistently maintain grammatical control of complex language even when my attention is otherwise engaged. |
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| Many Canadian children need care because their parents are in the labour force or otherwise engaged outside the home. |
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| Ann was otherwise engaged so I press-ganged a colleague into joining me. |
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| In case you've been otherwise engaged on another planet, or in Leicester, for the last few weeks, let's get down to brass tacks. |
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| The danger seemed reasonably imminent, and their parents otherwise engaged. |
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| And unlike you, I can keep confidences, even when I'm otherwise engaged. |
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| This annotated bibliography provides those working to implement the Monitoring and Reporting Mechanism or otherwise engaged in monitoring and reporting on children's rights with a list of useful resources. |
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| And if you're lucky, they'll be otherwise engaged. |
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| Redknapp was otherwise engaged Wednesday, fighting in court. |
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| In fact, I expect most residents are probably otherwise engaged. |
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| Some of us are otherwise engaged at 10am on weekdays. |
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| However, a person who meets the status test who is otherwise engaged in a recognized and permitted ministry, may also be engaged in teaching without being disqualified for this deduction. |
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| The Council may, pursuant to SCC policies, reimburse travel expenses claimed by the members of the CGC when they attend CGC-related meetings or are otherwise engaged in CGC business. |
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| The invalidation of a patent or certificate may be sought before the competent courts by interested parties, those working or otherwise engaged in the same industry and the Public Prosecutor of the Republic. |
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| Romantically they're both otherwise engaged. |
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| But the Reds will be otherwise engaged at the FIFA Club World Cup this week, allowing some of the challengers to make up ground on the AFC Champions League finalists. |
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| Mr. François Biltgen, Minister for Culture, Higher Education and Research apologises for only being able to join us before for lunch, as he is otherwise engaged with the State visit by President Horst Köhler. |
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| Yes, much like Richard Gere's Gigolo, Car becomes a suspect, gets bullied by the authorities and quickly finds his well-connected friends otherwise engaged. |
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