I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a central concern
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Environmental problems are now a central concern.
a complaint concerns sth/relates to sth
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We have received a number of complaints concerning faulty goods.
a matter of concern (= something that concerns people )
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Safety standards in the industry have become a matter of concern.
a passionate concern for sth
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She developed a passionate concern for human rights.
an expression of concern
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His release from prison provoked expressions of concern from members of the public.
appreciate...concern
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I appreciate your concern , but honestly, I’m fine.
cause concern/alarm
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Environmental issues are causing widespread concern.
chief concern
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Safety is our chief concern .
environmental concerns
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Residents have raised some valid environmental concerns about the nuclear plant.
express concern (= say or show that you are worried )
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Financial analysts have expressed concern about the possibility of a recession.
genuine interest/concern/desire etc
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The reforms are motivated by a genuine concern for the disabled.
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a genuine fear of invasion
grave concern
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The report expressed grave concern over the technicians’ lack of training.
of particular interest/concern/importance etc
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Of particular concern is the rising cost of transportation.
sb’s worries/concerns about the future
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their worries about the future of the English countryside
share sb’s concern/enthusiasm etc (= feel the same concern, enthusiasm etc as someone else )
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I share the concern of parents about the content of some of these computer games.
the focus of concern (= the thing which people are worried about )
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The spread of the disease has become the main focus of concern.
the rules concerning/governing/relating to sth formal (= the rules about something )
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the rules governing food labeling
unduly worried/concerned/anxious etc
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She doesn’t seem unduly concerned about her exams.
voiced concern
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The senator voiced concern at how minorities and immigrants are treated in California.
worried/concerned/anxious etc lest ...
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He paused, afraid lest he say too much.
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She worried lest he should tell someone what had happened.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
central
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Modules could then be directed at issues which teachers themselves see as of central concern .
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The individual was his central concern .
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The central concern for all these groups is with what they perceive to be declining moral standards.
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The relationship between syntactic and semantic processing has been a central concern of psycholinguistics for the last two decades.
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Readers will find a central concern about the factors that influence social welfare a characteristic of many writings on social policy.
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The subconscious having become a central concern of the age, a host of artists took the elemental self as their subject.
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But I believe it to be true that in many corners of Christendom spiritual warfare is no longer a central concern .
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For others, the central concern is the pursuit of audiences and the dilemmas that brings with it.
chief
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The prioress seemed to regard my master as her chief concern .
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Health care is probably the chief concern on the road.
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According to one such report Richard's chief concern in the autumn of 1178 was with his southern frontier.
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Dole, by contrast, did best among voters who listed the federal deficit as their chief concern .
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Their chief concern is that their status as skilled specialists should be recognised and respected.
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The liquidity problem remained the chief concern , said Saurabh Dani of Dani&038;.
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Last year, with her sisters now undergraduates, 17-year-old Clare was our chief concern .
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My own chief concern is with myth as a living whole.
deep
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Do you share your deep concerns ?
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Furthermore, that overtone was of deep concern to all colonizing nations troubled about the issue of racial contact and race mixture.
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The Profitboss puts money into welfare, motivated by a deep and genuine concern for every single person in his team.
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Folks have said over and over they have deep concerns about health problems there.
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The result provoked deep concern within the Ulster Unionists, long riven with divisions.
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The Ambassador immediately received her and quickly understood her deep concern .
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The A66 has become a cause for deep concern among local residents following a spate of accidents in recent months.
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Reasons of that level can themselves be justified by reference to the deeper concerns on which they are based.
environmental
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These really are environmental concerns worth bothering about.
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In this case, the Court answered no, though the legislation was prompted by strong environmental concerns .
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The Body Shop, well known for its environmental concerns , increased its giving sevenfold to £240,000 between 1987 and 1990.
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The dumping of Kyoto and the new energy policy have similarly been clothed in soothing words of environmental concern .
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Its chairman, Helmut Sihler, said that environmental concerns would add tens of billions of dollars to industry's costs.
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They become entangled in national budgetary squabbles or bogged down with environmental concerns .
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Out of environmental concerns , the steel will be retrieved.
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As some observers noted, the new regulation establishes the principle that environmental concerns take precedence over commercial arguments.
genuine
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Beaverbrook had some genuine concern , and was less consistently anti-Baldwin.
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A former reporter said Forbes once talked with him for two hours, with seemingly genuine concern , about staff morale.
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It seemed that our genuine concerns and grievances were largely ignored and we were dismissed as being out of date and out of touch.
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He had shown, or so it had seemed to her at the time, genuine concern for others.
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Shon says, with genuine concern .
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His crews worshipped him and he responded by showing a genuine concern for their welfare.
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And his genuine concern and friendly approach soon won him lots of friends.
going
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The factors which, if present, indicate the transfer as a going concern largely relate to intangible assets.
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It is only prepared to make that payment on the assumption that the Business is a going concern without too many problems.
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The company shall be presumed to be carrying on its business as a going concern .
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In January 1987 she went to live in Tenerife and on 8 May 1987 she sold the business as a going concern .
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The possibility that parts of the business could be sold off as a going concern should not be overlooked.
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If the going concern qualification's role is to signal the distribution of the likely cash flows, further questions arise.
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Personal liability on shares could occur whilst the company is still a going concern .
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In consequence, the message contained within a going concern qualification may merely confuse users of financial statements.
grave
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However, there was grave concern about the future of the avionic department there.
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As for Stewart, the family developed grave concerns about his health.
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The Parish Council have asked me to express their grave concern that such an incident could have occurred at all.
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The fact that the number of very young women now smoking and consuming alcohol has steadily increased gives grave cause for concern .
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It was none the less a moment of grave concern to unbelievers of any reliable militancy.
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There are grave concerns about the effect any cutbacks will have on local services.
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As I have said, we have expressed our grave concern .
great
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The seven malicious referrals were a cause of great concern , particularly given the amount of distress caused to the families investigated.
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Understandably, this can be a source of great concern to adults.
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He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern .
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Such vast advantages in costs and production are a source of great concern to Ford management.
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This latter point was perhaps the greatest concern for Britain's aviation planners as the war went on.
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But police argue that public safety is a greater concern .
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What is of greatest concern , though, is the impact of this exorbitant charge on personal safety.
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The incident has caused great concern among officers at Bullingdon.
growing
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One encouraging feature of period-instrument performances in recent decades has been a growing concern with reliable and authoritative editions.
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In recent years this has been brought into sharp focus with growing public concern for a healthier and safer environment.
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The move follows a growing number of concerns expressed by parents of dyslexic children who claim adequate schooling is not always offered.
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The Direction was issued in response to growing concern at the spread of large, out-of-town retail developments, some on greenfield sites.
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In yesterday's Independent, growing concern was reported about the integrity of official statistics.
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The survey was carried out against a background of growing concern as to the implications of climate change on sea level rise.
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Alan butcher's calf injury has been a matter of growing concern .
immediate
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My immediate concern on that first morning in Punta Arenas was to learn all I could about the ship.
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Of more immediate concern to them was the appalling reality that the nature and tempo of operations engendered.
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Your immediate concern is how to make yourself the candidate most likely to succeed!
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The more immediate concern , namely, self-preservation, had made friends and benefactors of their former enemies.
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Our more immediate concern in this section is with measurement as understood within variable analysis.
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As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research.
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My immediate concern is that the tone of your coverage was very negative, speculative, and highly opinionated.
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A more immediate concern is the danger that a monumental scientific advance could be commercialised.
main
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Male speaker Our main concern is about quality of care.
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My main concern is losing a job because of mistakes on my report.&038;.
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Our main concern is with the distribution of wealth and consumption.
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My main concern is for Mario and Clyde.
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But the main concern must be whether the selection process itself is effective.
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His main concern is his message.
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But my main concern is for you.
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The main area of concern in such a sociology of the unconscious lies in the analysis of social control.
major
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The question of the recently introduced Actively Seeking Work legislation was of major concern to everyone.
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Despite the enormous casualty figure, a major concern of governmental officials was that insurance cover property losses.
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Inflation had clearly supplanted economic growth as the major concern of government economic policy by the end of the period under review.
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One of their major concerns was the slump in wool prices.
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The other major concern of every caterer is cost-effectiveness.
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At a concrete level, fertility and the home are her major concerns .
particular
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My particular concern is the very ends of the fingers - or, the nails.
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One particular concern related to public transportation.
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One particular element of concern here is what is known as the foreclosure issue.
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Of particular concern to the industry is the company's agreement to more closely monitor gun distribution.
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At this important stage, we would like to draw attention to some particular concerns .
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In Austin, dependant care issues are a particular concern .
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The gault clay woodlands in mid-Kent are of particular concern .
political
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Looking at the administrative and financial arrangements more generally, the diminution of political concern is remarkable.
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If so, the principles of neutral political concern are at least primafacie valid.
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Beyond political and practical concerns , there lies a more subtle moral risk.
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While not solely triggered by political concerns , they all eventually focused on the need for reform and the lack of democratisation.
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This book addresses many of the political concerns of border people.
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Most certainly, Stanley Baldwin's first major political concern as Prime Minister was to tackle unemployment.
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Short-lived, spontaneous aggregations of people who share a political concern are identified by Almond as anomie interest groups.
primary
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They are not my primary concern in this paper.
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The primary concern is cost: Who will pay for constructing the Iway?
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Indeed, security is a primary concern of most users, but all free email services offer some form of security policy.
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The primary concern was with delinquency, the focus on moral character.
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Their wishes and feelings are, or should be, of primary concern .
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As always, security is a primary concern .
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A primary concern of building inspectors is fire safety.
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Their primary concern is with Washington, where the promotion board and higher officials are.
public
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And because the sentence had to reflect public concern .
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The subject never appears in polls reflecting major public concerns .
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In recent years this has been brought into sharp focus with growing public concern for a healthier and safer environment.
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Short of murder, whatever occurred between husband and wife was not considered by Locke to be of public concern .
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Holloway prison's C1 unit has for some time been the subject of public concern and outrage.
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Yet if you try to be public about your concerns and your interests, then that is equally criticized.
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One original assumption here was that legislators are more responsive to demands for expenditure than to public concern for tax levels.
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The decision had taken so long and polio had so retreated from public concern that it was all anticlimactic.
real
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The welfare and development of the population at large are not the real concerns of the governments or their rivals.
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Could there be a clearer omen that there is real concern ?
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Now there has been real concern voiced about the delay in getting the unit off the ground.
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However, I have real concerns about the impact on our family if I terminate him.
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In fact, the second objective of the US-led intervention in the crisis has turned out be the real concern .
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My real concern , though, is who will defend the clones?
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Unless such a discussion in role is backed by real concern about the outcome, there will be no game.
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All this is really quite trivial compared to my real concern .
serious
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This must be a matter of serious concern for the Church.
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One has to wonder just how much serious dedication and concern there really is at the Herald.
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Detectives said she was known to be upset over personal problems and ex-pressed serious concern for her safety.
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A magazine about home and family apparently does not pose serious editorial concerns to the company.
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But just supposing yesterday's clarion call is the answer to the serious concerns which exist about reading standards in schools.
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They have returned, in more technical terms, to a serious concern with ontology.
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Rural depopulation is a matter of serious concern .
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It's a serious concern for farmers.
social
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Censorship reflects the social concerns and even fears of society and government at the time.
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Throughout these three arguments is the same social concern noted in the previous cluster.
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Pollution Care of the natural environment remains a matter of great social concern .
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In the crisis social welfare concerns were made superfluous, as even the preservation of employment was in doubt.
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They accept the goal of an enterprise economy, but want it tempered by social concerns , with a place for worker-ownership.
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Throughout these three arguments the social concern of the apostle has been uppermost.
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Some of these issues set off fewer alarm bells today and perhaps for most of us they are of less social concern .
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In terms of young people, two major social concerns served to invite the psychiatric gaze.
■ VERB
address
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To address such concerns , chapter 3 starts with two case histories from my own leadership experiences.
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The creative use of existing clubs and leisure facilities could go much of the way to addressing this concern .
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But Grody is quick to address the concerns of those who think swing dancing is about memorizing routines.
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I hope these observations go some way to addressing your concerns .
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Analysts at the Rand Corp. have proposed a notion that could address all of these concerns .
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Industry, labor, the government and others tried to address such concerns in 1994.
cause
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The imprecision of this offence has caused concern .
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Needless to say, this causes duck producers much concern and limits the potential enjoyment of this marvelous bird.
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At the time, the far right's surprise breakthrough in Saxony-Anhalt caused widespread concern .
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The inaccurate economic predictions should cause concern about the reliability of the financial benefits of annexation.
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Finally, the possible actions of care managers cause concern .
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He told them he had received reports that had caused him grave concern .
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This has caused some concern as peaceful demonstrators may be prevented from marching because of the threat posed by a potentially disruptive counter-demonstration.
express
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Many teachers express concern that even their more able pupils do not fulfil their potential in the subject.
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UMass coach John Calipari said former players had called, expressing concern and support.
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Screening for diabetes during pregnancy Editor, - R J Jarrett expresses many concerns about the existence of gestational diabetes.
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Pearson expressed concern that the new codes would make it easier to develop hillsides and canyons, particularly in older coastal neighborhoods.
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But in the end she agreed to go with the Pitts to the local police station to express concern about the absentees.
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Grandmothers, with all good intentions, often express these concerns .
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The organisation Liberty has expressed concern that such widespread surveillance could infringe personal liberties.
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If this is the case, presumably you can openly express your concerns about any aspect of work to him.
grow
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The guidelines reflect a growing concern among ministers that the planned escalation of the programme could spark severe social tensions.
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It is still averaging eight, and there is growing concern that the virus is beginning to run out of control again.
increase
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Such simplifications are a focus of increasing feminist concern .
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It is also a subject of increasing public concern .
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With increasing concern for the environment, the need to recycle urban land becomes even stronger.
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Our increased concern for production in modern times would be remarkable in itself.
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In fact, the years of increasing concern for economic security have been ones of unparalleled advance in productivity.
raise
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This case raises concerns about the accuracy of audit data when patients are treated in this way.
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The few who have seen Durdiyev lately describe him as disoriented, raising concern that he may have been force-fed medication.
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In the majority of cases the plays did not formally raise specific political concerns which would warrant such close regulation.
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No matter how it worked, the idea raises ethical concerns for the medical profession, two physician-legislators said.
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Democrats in the Senate also raised concerns about who would benefit.
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The groups are deliberately kept small so participants can raise individual concerns and cases.
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In their statements, these organizations contributed ideas and raised issues of concern for participating States to take into consideration.
reflect
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It reflected growing concern about the level of spending on congressional election campaigns.
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But it also reflects a direct concern by President Clinton over the diplomatic and humanitarian effects of open-ended sanctions.
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This image has attracted extensive discussion from a range of perspectives, reflecting many differing concerns .
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Every collective bargaining contract is different, reflecting the concerns of teachers and school officials in diverse districts.
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The principle of ability to pay thus reflects a concern about vertical equity.
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Gene Taylor, D-Miss., but it reflected concerns a number of lawmakers voiced Tuesday about constituent complaints.
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Two later works reflected Sparke's professional concerns as a stationer.
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The subject never appears in polls reflecting major public concerns .
share
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Teachers and parents are so concerned about the future consequences of not doing schoolwork that they naturally share their concerns.
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His book comes out at a time when anyone who shares his concerns may be feeling particularly down-hearted.
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When her distraught daughter shared her concern , she too began to cry.
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Do you share your deep concerns ?
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Short-lived, spontaneous aggregations of people who share a political concern are identified by Almond as anomie interest groups.
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Mr. Yeo I share the concern expressed by the hon. Gentleman for homeless people in Liverpool.
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Feinstein shares the widespread concern about identity theft and the creation of profiles or dossiers on individuals without their knowledge.
show
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Charterers have recently shown growing concern about the standards of maintenance of ships carrying their cargoes.
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For one thing, they show a concern for the dietary, and possibly healing, properties of growing things.
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And when Bernice shows her concern , Nicola assures her that everything is fine.
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If she showed any signs of concern , that would affect us the most.
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His crews worshipped him and he responded by showing a genuine concern for their welfare.
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Clinton has tried to show his concern for the state by visiting it more than 20 times since his election.
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He is a deeply spiritual man - that is part of his attraction - and he shows true concern for others.
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The survey showed that consumer concern about the economy was the single biggest factor affecting the building business in 1993.
voice
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Wail until you have calmed down enough so that you can voice your concerns and listen to his replies.
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Caen voiced concern at how minorities and immigrants are treated in the golden state.
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Campaigners against the arms trade also voiced concern that the Government is still refusing to allow Parliament proper scrutiny of exports.
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Many subject specialists have voiced concern about teaching bilingual students.
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Despite agreement on those provisions, the White House has voiced concern over several other sections of the measure.
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The major multiples have already voiced concerns over the system as refugees can not be given change when purchasing with vouchers.
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But officers have voiced concern about road safety, particularly when picking children up from Victoria Road and Waverley Terrace.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a going concern
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Although its assets are notionally worth £10 billion, their market value as a going concern must be far less.
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But you and I know the Soviet Union is a going concern.
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In January 1987 she went to live in Tenerife and on 8 May 1987 she sold the business as a going concern.
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Prides Hill Kennels was a going concern.
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The company shall be presumed to be carrying on its business as a going concern.
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The factors which, if present, indicate the transfer as a going concern largely relate to intangible assets.
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The possibility that parts of the business could be sold off as a going concern should not be overlooked.
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To tell her that she and Piers were now a going concern?
allay (sb's) fear/concern/suspicion etc
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But he failed to allay fears that he will be a fatally flawed candidate when pitted against President Bush next autumn.
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In an attempt to allay these concerns, Rhone and other staff members met with citizens from the rehabilitation area several times.
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In this way he can discuss current information with his wife and help to allay her fears.
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Kelly argues that the removal of the requirement to aid decision-makers would allay fears.
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Margaret came from a wealthy family, and Richard was anxious to allay any suspicion that he had married for money.
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Sly had to allay their suspicions and stop them probing any further.
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Some Alliance supporters made statements that did little to allay such fears.
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The virtual extinction of the dragon sister tutor should also help to allay your fears.
as far as sb is concerned
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As far as I'm concerned , this is the council's decision, not mine.
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It's a good deal, as far as I'm concerned .
as far as sth is concerned
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As far as bilingual education is concerned , the schools are not doing a good enough job.
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Where taxes are concerned , savings bonds are better than certificates of deposit.
as/so far as I'm concerned
as/so far as sth is concerned
concerned with sb/sth
immediately involved/affected/concerned etc
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Civil society is constituted by the social relationships and processes outside paid employment and not immediately affected by the state.
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Henry's memory, of course, seemed only defective in matters that immediately concerned him.
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No one is more anxious that the penalties should be apt for the crime than those most immediately affected by prison disorder.
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The availability of land played a crucial part in relations between the landowning class and those immediately concerned with its cultivation.
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The hearing is technically in public, though it is very rare for anyone other than those immediately involved to be present.
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The problem is to convince those who are not so immediately affected.
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Those most immediately affected given support.
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We are not immediately concerned whether they are based on off-line, optical discs or on online technology by way of broadband networks.
the least of sb's worries/problems/troubles/concerns
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For not the least of Henry's problems was how to raise the money required for the accomplishment of such an undertaking.
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Greatly increased taxes and a major shift back to defence expenditure could be the least of our worries.
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Not the least of its problems was extreme alienation between labor and management.
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That was the least of her troubles.
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The death under somewhat dubious circumstances of a racehorse belonging to his son was frankly the least of his problems.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I did voice my concern about the financial management, but was told to stay quiet.
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Lopez thanked them for their concern .
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Mark's family is his first concern .
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My main concern is that the project won't be finished on time.
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My only concern about the match is that Price will be fit enough to take part.
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Raytheon is a defense contractor and engineering concern .
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The committee brushed aside concerns about racism and prejudice in local government.
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The hospital's main concern is that doctors are overworked.
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The incident has raised concerns that the government may retaliate.
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The shortage of water is beginning to cause widespread concern .
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The survey suggests that rising crime is the top of the average American's concerns.
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There is also some concern about the safety of the structure.
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This is a matter of grave concern to the hospital management.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In April 1990 reforms came into operation which addressed the first but not the second elements of concern outlined above.
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Scientists interviewed Thursday expressed concern about any weakening of the concrete beneath the Waterford, Conn., plant.
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The failure to recognise the difference between public concern about standards and public concern about price is what makes the Bill deficient.
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The most obvious: His expressed concern for the environment and his disdain for technology.
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The rigidity in tone and approach of the syllabuses and materials is also a matter for concern .
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Then Arab oil became the focus of Western concern , particularly following the 1973 war.
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Throughout these three arguments is the same social concern noted in the previous cluster.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
deeply
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I am deeply concerned , both for them and for my country.
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In the developed world, most nations professed themselves deeply concerned about low fertility rates.
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She was also deeply concerned for the spiritual needs of her relatives and household servants.
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Throughout his presidency, Roosevelt was always deeply concerned with religious opinion.
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I was deeply concerned , naturally, by these developments.
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Both the males and females are deeply concerned with child-rearing.
particularly
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Ethics and morals are particularly concerned with bringing the remoter consequences of behavior into play.
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The Employee Survey Results Senior management was particularly concerned about results from the most recent employee surveys.
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He did not, it has to be said, look particularly concerned .
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The Union was particularly concerned about poor storage for Mans Piper resulting in sprouting, which would mean extra processing.
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Prof Baker said he was particularly concerned about 236 excess deaths of patients in their own homes or Shipman's surgery.
primarily
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Private law primarily concerns the rights and obligations of citizens against and towards one another.
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The health administrator is primarily concerned with the latter three tasks.
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It is with this second group of writers that we are primarily concerned here.
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This subsection is primarily concerned with the actual procedures for the collection of data.
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If he is concerned primarily with survival value, he will design a culture with an eye to whether it will work.
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We are not concerned primarily to multiply elite livestock, and still less do we want to clone human beings.
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This article is concerned primarily with adoptions by non-relatives.
very
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Milford Haven coastguards are very concerned with the way that some divers are pursuing their sport.
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I know they are going to be very concerned , some more than others.
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The women who died after taking herbal diet aids were young and very concerned about their weight.
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But you could say she was very much in the Church, very concerned about suffering.
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Jack Schuster was very concerned: There were between two and three million brick involved overall.
■ NOUN
health
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The greatest uncertainty concerns Nelson Mandela's health .
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He had battled diabetes for years, and friends and family were concerned about his health .
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If we are genuinely concerned about the health of young people, such an approach should be questioned.
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Quezada and Zara said they were concerned about health care for their elderly grandparents.
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All have policies allowing women of child-bearing age to transfer to other jobs if they are concerned about health risks.
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Evidence of direct concern is the voluntary contributions people make to research organizations concerned with health and safety.
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Some of his intimates were seriously concerned with his health .
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Both sides then get to show how concerned about health benefits they are, and the voters win.
issue
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Such issues should concern the House and its Members when we are talking about rights, responsibilities and freedoms.
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In this appendix, I discuss several issues that concern many parents of children in kindergarten.
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But it is clear from the tone of his recent statements that the issue no longer concerns him deeply.
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Let us summarize some of the business issues concerned with network infrastructure investments.
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Another issue that concerns organic dairy producers is pasteurisation.
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He addressed the issues they were concerned with in a series of well-publicized town meetings on radio and television.
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One important issue here concerns the comparability as well as the validity of measures of achievement.
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Safety is not the only issue to be concerned about, however.
matter
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This is not a personal matter , it's a matter that concerns your business integrity.
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Employees have little input on matters that directly concern them.
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Also, although productive efficiency is the central, it is not the sole issue where these matters are concerned .
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If the matters concerned had not been so grave, it would have been equal to any comedy.
problem
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Interestingly, many ecologists are far more concerned about the problem of resistance than they are about horizontal transfer.
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It is a disgrace that politicians here never seem to concern themselves with these problems .
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Fonti was concerned about problems of access and coordination on the site now that it had reached peak activity.
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The parochial is concerned exclusively with individual problems arising in the ward he or she represents.
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With warm weather coming, the residents are concerned about potential mosquito problems with the flooded, open field.
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That is why the countries of the developing South are increasingly concerned about climatic problems .
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As she expected, they were not overly concerned about her problem .
question
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These questions concern the model of speech processing.
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The second question concerns scholarship: What kind of scholar is a sociologist or a type of sociologist?
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The first question concerns the individual, structural, and cultural factors that motivate people to rebel.
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This raises questions / concerns about installing new kitchen cabinets that will have their own back resting against the outside wall.
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The conflict under way, the significant questions are those which concern its conduct.
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The second question concerning the goals of a semantic theory is, How should the theory handle these semantic properties and relations?
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The first question concerns the basis of the categorizations.
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Cindy responded to all their questions and concerns .
safety
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Selling merchandise in a public place carries heavy responsibilities, so we concern ourselves with the safety of our customers.
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McCarthy said he been told of the pilots' concerns by air safety officials from at least three major airlines.
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Regulators say that although the erosion does not pose an immediate risk, they are concerned about its long-term safety implications.
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Evidence of direct concern is the voluntary contributions people make to research organizations concerned with health and safety .
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The steps are short-term measures aimed at easing public concerns about airbag safety while the automakers work to develop safer airbags.
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cause
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Hinkley Point A, opened in 1971, has been in trouble for some time with faulty pipework causing safety concerns .
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This possibility need not cause us too much concern , however.
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Moreover, some of problems caused by this directive concern the second-hand car market rather than works of art.
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It caused enough concern that Rep.
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He sat watching Casey's face for several minutes, her frailty causing him concern .
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Step 4 Select the single most important behaviour that is causing you concern .
express
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However, Anthony said some members of the community expressed concerns the work did not seem to be progressing quickly enough.
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Henry H.. Shelton expressed concern last week to Rumsfeld about the defense secretary s review of the military.
raise
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The legislation has raised concerns about academic freedom, parental rights and government authority.
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This raises questions / concerns about installing new kitchen cabinets that will have their own back resting against the outside wall.
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That raised concern that profit growth may be slowing.
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Higher interest rates often raise concern about slower economic growth and weaker corporate profits.
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The Cipla offer raised concerns that patent laws may be breached in some countries.
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The idea of keeping personal information on the Internet immediately raises concerns about privacy.
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The U. S. Secret Service has also raised security concerns .
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Recently, the Internet has raised many new security concerns .
seem
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But I don't think he comes just for that, he seems genuinely concerned for him.
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Three things seem to concern the apostle.
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It seemed to concern his father and the stranger, and as such, must be of the most terrible importance.
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Other justices seemed concerned with the young age of the grade-school children involved.
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Anyway, it didn't seem to concern her - she would simply make another nest and lay some more.
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These shares had a big run in 1995 and investors seemed concerned their profit growth will slow.
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But other questions seem to concern the inner man.
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She seemed more concerned about your digestion than anything else.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a going concern
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Although its assets are notionally worth £10 billion, their market value as a going concern must be far less.
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But you and I know the Soviet Union is a going concern.
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In January 1987 she went to live in Tenerife and on 8 May 1987 she sold the business as a going concern.
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Prides Hill Kennels was a going concern.
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The company shall be presumed to be carrying on its business as a going concern.
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The factors which, if present, indicate the transfer as a going concern largely relate to intangible assets.
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The possibility that parts of the business could be sold off as a going concern should not be overlooked.
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To tell her that she and Piers were now a going concern?
as far as sb is concerned
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As far as I'm concerned , this is the council's decision, not mine.
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It's a good deal, as far as I'm concerned .
as far as sth is concerned
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As far as bilingual education is concerned , the schools are not doing a good enough job.
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Where taxes are concerned , savings bonds are better than certificates of deposit.
as/so far as I'm concerned
as/so far as sth is concerned
concerned with sb/sth
have a right to be angry/concerned/suspicious etc
immediately involved/affected/concerned etc
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Civil society is constituted by the social relationships and processes outside paid employment and not immediately affected by the state.
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Henry's memory, of course, seemed only defective in matters that immediately concerned him.
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No one is more anxious that the penalties should be apt for the crime than those most immediately affected by prison disorder.
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The availability of land played a crucial part in relations between the landowning class and those immediately concerned with its cultivation.
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The hearing is technically in public, though it is very rare for anyone other than those immediately involved to be present.
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The problem is to convince those who are not so immediately affected.
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Those most immediately affected given support.
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We are not immediately concerned whether they are based on off-line, optical discs or on online technology by way of broadband networks.
the least of sb's worries/problems/troubles/concerns
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For not the least of Henry's problems was how to raise the money required for the accomplishment of such an undertaking.
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Greatly increased taxes and a major shift back to defence expenditure could be the least of our worries.
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Not the least of its problems was extreme alienation between labor and management.
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That was the least of her troubles.
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The death under somewhat dubious circumstances of a racehorse belonging to his son was frankly the least of his problems.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It concerns me that some tutors are meeting with students outside college hours.
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Kate's behaviour at school is starting to concern her parents.
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Many of Woody Allen's movies concern life in New York.
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Much of the material in her early letters concerns events which happened some years before.
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The potential for abuse of these products concerns me a great deal.
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The tax changes will concern large corporations more than small businesses.
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We are deeply concerned by America's neglect of its youth.
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What concerns me most is that despite pay increases, production has not improved.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It concerned the assassination of foreign leaders from a philosophical point of view.
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Why are you concerning yourself about these matters? she queried mentally while staring at the typewriter.