paramount concern

collocation in English

meaningsofparamountandconcern

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paramount
adjective
uk
/ˈpær.ə.maʊnt/us
/ˈper.ə.maʊnt/
more important than ...
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/us
/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofparamountandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The main implication is that theparamountconcernof opinion survey methodology, obtaining a random sample, is much less important in conducting expert surveys.
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The state's zealous oversight of bookmakers demonstrates clearly that the confinement of gambling to a defined geographic space was ofparamountconcern.
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Ofparamountconcernis the need to address shortfalls in teacher preparation and the growing gap between that preparation and the changing world of practice.
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The issues of privacy and trust are ofparamountconcernif pervasive computing applications are to become popular outside the research laboratory.
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Note that a positive correlation between simplicity and generality is regarded here as advantageous : it explains why learners generalize (aparamountconcernat that time, in the battle against behaviorism).
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When considering applications for contact the court is obliged to make the welfare of the child itsparamountconcern.
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If accuracy is ofparamountconcern, we could hardly complain about bugging.
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The safety of our troops and civilian workers is ofparamountconcern.
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In developing the proposals, safety has been ofparamountconcern.
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I am the first to agree that safety must be theparamountconcernwhen issuing driving licences.
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Ourparamountconcernthroughout has been to provide effective and proper safeguards for the individual.
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It acknowledges theparamountconcernof public safety.
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In exercising those controls, ourparamountconcernwill be public health and safety.
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The provision did not say that the child's welfare should be aparamountconcern, only that it should be taken into account.
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The media interest in the quality of the administration of justice lags depressingly far behind itsparamountconcernwith fighting the circulation wars.
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It became clear that theirparamountconcernwas that any corrective measures should preserve their cherished tradition of independence from second-tier local government.
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First, it should go without saying that safety is ofparamountconcern.
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We paid the penalty for not listening at the general election: we will listen now and ensure that safety will be theparamountconcern.
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He made clear ourparamountconcernfor the hostages' safety.
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