practical concern

collocation in English

meaningsofpracticalandconcern

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practical
adjective
uk
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/us
/ˈpræk.tɪ.kəl/
relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas ...
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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 ofpracticalandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpractical concern

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Thepracticalconcernthat initiated this study is whether such systems are susceptible to significant improvement of their biological productivity.
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We call the economy of esteem to general attention, then, not just for motives of intellectual interest but also for reasons ofpracticalconcern.
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Apracticalconcernillustrated by these examples may be the size of the proof obligations.
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As an ongoingpracticalconcern, friendships are maintained, altered, sustained and problematised, in terms of both their supportive function and related troubles.
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The latter has been apracticalconcernwith the mechanics of economic production.
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Apracticalconcernis one of cost.
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However, the basic lack of interest andpracticalconcernamongst counsellors and psychotherapists remains and there are still few publicly available counselling services for older people.
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This has not until recently been a matter ofpracticalconcern.
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This is also apracticalconcernfor the people of this country as well.
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And so what happens is a matter ofpracticalconcernfor this country.
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There are two points which we consider to be of basicpracticalconcern.
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That matter is of considerable academic andpracticalconcern.
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That demonstrates thepracticalconcernof the petitioners for its preservation.
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This is a matter not only for the developing countries, for it is of immediatepracticalconcernto everyone in this country.
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We must first get ourselves into the position where the public discussion of demobilisation is a matter ofpracticalconcern.
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Yes, indeed; it shows what a good commercial,practicalconcernit is becoming.
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This is a matter of considerable human, sensible andpracticalconcern.
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Thepracticalconcernis that good education, for example, depends at least as much on attracting and retaining good teachers as on replacing dilapidated buildings.
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It is a matter of very greatpracticalconcernin the administration of justice.
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