adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
concerned
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In 1240 Edward succeeded his father as keeper of the king's works at Westminster, which then chiefly concerned the palace.
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The contemplatives, however, with whom Scale 2 is chiefly concerned , go further into reformation in feeling.
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These principles chiefly concerned broadcasting organization, and the organization, of course, was designed to achieve complementary public service goals.
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Some teachers were chiefly concerned to chart the acquisition of underlying skills, but many were satisfied with checklists of tasks completed.
■ VERB
associate
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They are chiefly associated with his distinctive emphases on historical revelation and on the ethical rather than mystical nature of religion.
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He found no society in which authority was associated chiefly with women in male-female relations.
concern
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During that period I was chiefly concerned with the question of how to structure the narrative.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before 1849, travel was done chiefly on horseback.
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Real estate prices have been falling, chiefly because of the lack of jobs in the area.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A chest radiograph showed non-systematic disseminated infiltrates, chiefly in the two lower lobes.
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Bethesda disposed of Beaumaris by five wickets with 10 overs left thanks chiefly to a fighting 60 by Bryn Butler.
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Here the building was chiefly of wood, retaining the national craft styles already established.
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It was chiefly in articles for the Spectator between 1711 and 1714 that his criticism appeared.
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The interest was again chiefly rhythmic and required the most meticulous playing by all sections in the orchestra.
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The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.
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They knew differences chiefly among Protestant sects.