Nishani was concentrating too hard to notice him when he entered.
The words struck her as odd, but she had trouble concentrating when the men launched into a three-way battle.
It was mid-afternoon already, another day wasted with the Council rather than concentrating on preparing for battle.
His ancient place is now occupied by a new functionary, no longer acting as arbiter, but concentrating the forces of the triumphant party.
In concentrating the religious observances of the people upon Jerusalem, its Temple and its priesthood, it became less spontaneous, and its services more remote from ordinary life.