busy-ness

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But the larger a congregation becomes, it takes more energy and resources to hold everything together, and mission can be lost to the busy-ness of keeping the church maintained.

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  • I've been a bit remiss on the blogging front lately - due to a combination of general holiday busy-ness, the need to mark a mountain of students 'work and the determination to spend any snatched moments of free time on poetry writing rather than on anything else. —  BlogCymru.com
  • You pretty much know that it will be a time of extreme busy-ness with another little one to care for. —  [ AE ]
  • The conversation the elevator operator was having with a friend, my friends in the wine class I was taking, the general busy-ness of the shops and all of the people. —  Jimmy's Juke Joint
  • Technorati's approach is not bad, although I think the sign-in link is a bit lost in the busy-ness of the top of the page.
  • In opposition to the works of Bob Avakian and the Party's newspaper and other publications and official documents, much of the public face of the Party-the bookstores associated with it, for instance-gave off the musty odor of relics of the past, or else the busy-ness of —  Kasama
 

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