secondary consideration
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecondaryandconsideration
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secondary
adjective
uk/ˈsek.ən.dri/us/ˈsek.ən.der.i/
less important than ...
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consideration
noun
uk/kənˌsɪd.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/kənˌsɪd.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the act of thinking about ...
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(Definition ofsecondaryandconsiderationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It might be objected that if thesecondaryconsiderationis relevant, then it is part of the choice value, thereby making one alternative better.
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Asecondaryconsiderationis, perhaps, the meaning of so-called variations.
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There is asecondaryconsideration.
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I am one of those who believe that the defence of our country is so important that cost should be asecondaryconsideration.
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But that should be asecondaryconsideration, as these administrators themselves concede, because the interests of disabled persons should count for more than administrative difficulties.
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There is asecondaryconsideration, relating to the maintenance of machinery.
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Frankly, the management of hospitals and of the delivery of health care, including community-based care, is asecondaryconsideration.
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It is no use trying to plan your country with the assistance of a large number of architects while leaving economics as asecondaryconsideration.
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Let us fix our minds upon that rather than upon thesecondaryconsideration, which is the price the farmer gets.
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It maintains that it is given onlysecondaryconsiderationin matters of major concern to its predominantly small business members.
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Asecondaryconsiderationis that the service voter arrangements are meant to assist service personnel serving overseas.
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The argument of administrative convenience for the department is asecondaryconsideration.
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However, if you do not have a sufficient rail infrastructure, it is really asecondaryconsideration.
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It is also done for the purpose, in some measure, of economy, but that is asecondaryconsideration.
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I am convinced that it was a malicious political conspiracy, but that is only asecondaryconsideration.
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The difficulty is that in this case it is a house that is wanted, and that land is a matter ofsecondaryconsideration.
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Private woodland owners are affected in their management by their tax positions and continuity of supply is asecondaryconsiderationto them.
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The effect on employment of labour is asecondaryconsideration.
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The amateur clubs get very small gates; the people who play the game do so because they enjoy it and attendances are ofsecondaryconsideration.
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