main concern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmainandconcern
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main
adjective[before noun]
uk/meɪn/us/meɪn/
larger, more important, or having more influence than others of the ...
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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 ofmainandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Apparently, as earlier indicated, themainconcernin the decision-making process is keeping afloat regional administrative machinery by covering recurrent expenditure, especially salary costs.
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Themainconcernof this new area is the description of generic architectures that describe the essence of large and complex software systems.
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Themainconcernwas to consider variables which might be easily observed or assessed by those providing immediate treatment for accident victims.
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Ourmainconcernis the emergence of a consensus in favour of such an organisation from those within the music industries.
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Themainconcernof the new government in labour policy was to ensure greater flexibility in the labour market.
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And the laymen'smainconcernusually tends toward the conscious feelings of emotion.
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Additional behavior is constructed from function via process 10, which is generally viewed as themainconcernof requirements engineering.
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Themainconcernin the analysis was with how the discussion proceeded and with the ways in which the respondents talked about their alcohol use.
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Young35 noted that for 95% of parents issues around feeding were themainconcern.
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Mymainconcernis that, ideally, thought experiments should drive theoretical development.
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Ourmainconcernhere is how human cognitive processes create awareness of perceptual style.
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Hismainconcernis thus to make sure his proxies clinch political power.
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This issue will be themainconcernof this section.
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This will be ourmainconcernin the remaining sections.
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Themainconcernwas to reconcile the couple so the woman would return to live with her husband.$!
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Themainconcernis that a child about whom genetic information is known in advance will be limited in his or her horizons.
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Itsmainconcernis to avoid the generation of more violations and help the designer to handle efficiently the occurring violation.
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Themainconcernwith risk-based premiums is of course equity.
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