key concern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkeyandconcern
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key
adjective
uk/kiː/us/kiː/
very important and having a lot of influence on other people ...
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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 ofkeyandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofkey concern
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This paper reflects akeyconcernfor teacher trainers: how can primary language teachers promote the development of intercultural awareness among their pupils?
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Quotas have also remained akeyconcernfor female party activists on the centre\\left.
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The population's health status and healthcare provision are akeyconcernin countries experiencing population ageing.
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Akeyconcernis that education has failed to address the care needs of older people or to convey the expertise required for their care.
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The former question has been akeyconcernfor abstract legal sociological and jurisprudential debates.
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Highlighted as akeyconcernwas the issue of the type of activities that are available in nursing homes for older people.
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A fourthkeyconcernis how multiple infection with malaria parasites might modify virulence of infection.
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Ourkeyconcernin this paper is the perspective of the person with dementia.
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Communication difficulties also emerged as akeyconcern.
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Regulatory compliance costs are akeyconcernof all parties - from providers of front-line services to those developing new pharmaceutical products.
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Language is akeyconcern, as is indicated by its privileged position in both the title and the subtitle of this book.
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The elaboration and grounding of this framework is therefore akeyconcernfor many developmental psychopathologists.
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High administrative costs are flagged as akeyconcern, as are low coverage levels due to large informal and self-employed sectors.
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The extent to which they could do this, however, was akeyconcernand uncertainty.
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To our operators, the practical advantage of forging close links with the state was seen as more important than asserting agency autonomy, akeyconcernfor western non-profits.
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It is also akeyconcernof psycholinguistics and computational linguistics, and of work on the philosophy of language and on the linguistic component of cognitive science.
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Much has been said about the level of protection of data in the interim agreement and this is, of course, akeyconcern.
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I would not be confident about prescribing schemes, but mykeyconcernis that there may be a gaping hole.
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Those who justify the increase in defence expenditure are doing nothing to meet social needs; theirkeyconcernis the interests of their shareholders.
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That is akeyconcernto those of us who want much greater enforcement of vehicle emission regulations.
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