major concern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandconcern
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious 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 ofmajorandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor concern
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The safety of poliovaccines is amajorconcernand, ultimately, can be tested only by clinical usage.
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Although the electoral system was manipulated, obtaining democratic legitimisation was amajorconcernfor the ruling parties during most of the 1930s.
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Hismajorconcernwas to counter that power with something more intelligent and vigorous.
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People with stronger modern values tend to neglect corruption as amajorconcern.
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Amajorconcernis how a pattern language is damaged through the imposition of arbitrary stylistic rules and anti-patterns, which are often mistaken for patterns.
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It could be argued that this should not be amajorconcernsince eight periods in this model represent actually 240 years.
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Reducing morbidity and mortality was also amajorconcern.
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The physical burden of caring was themajorconcernduring the first three months of caring, after which psychological aspects became more prominent.
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From a temporal perspective, this lack of clarity is not a matter ofmajorconcern.
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Themajorconcernis to provide people with a cer tain level of literacy, no matter in what language.
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This became amajorconcernfor the district leadership.
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Hismajorconcernis the causal relationship between toleration and religious freedom, which he asserts rather than demonstrates.
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Amajorconcernis that some students may be disadvantaged by an approach often perceived by students to be unfair.
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Amajorconcernthroughout the book is to trace the bonds linking metropolis and provinces.
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The effective use of gradient pouring stations should largely reduce or even exclude anymajorconcernin this area.
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Finally, transparency was onemajorconcernof the data collection.
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On this basis, themajorconcernof a linguist is to specify the circumstances under which sentences of a given language are true.
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Themajorconcernwas to encourage societal clarity with services for older people as to who is making what decisions and why.
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Therefore, negative campaigning itself should not be amajorconcernas long as it satisfies voters' demand for more information regarding politicians.
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A fourthmajorconcernin developmental psychopathology has to do with available methodologies.
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