underlying concern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderlyingandconcern
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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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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 ofunderlyingandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is not to deny the legitimacy of the policy'sunderlyingconcernto increase the number of lives saved by liver transplants.
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Theunderlyingconcernis to account for the effect that the multifunctionality of linguistic devices has on first language development.
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Theunderlyingconcernof this study is that one ultrasound measurement was compared to a second ultrasound measurement without the use of a 'gold standard'.
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Theunderlyingconcernis that given a sufficiently large scale of environmental expenditures and improvements, an economy will sooner or later reach the situation of diminishing benefits.
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On the side of government is theunderlyingconcernthat the dominant professional practice - restorative dentistry - is inappropriate to the efficient promotion of dental health.
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While at different points in their article the authors deal with both these poles, theunderlyingconcern seems to be strongly with the former, physics-like project.
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Myunderlyingconcernis not with the particular conclusions that he presents as deriving from his analysis, but with the conclusions that his kind of analysis might license.
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The fourthunderlyingconcernwhich has been raised relates to criticisms of our tort system.
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Myunderlyingconcernis, and always has been, that this country should have the best and most effective defence arrangements available.
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There is anunderlyingconcernabout the problems of rural transport.
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Ourunderlyingconcernthroughout the passage of these regulations has been to ensure that vulnerable groups have the confidence to keep warm.
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That has to be theunderlyingconcern, given all the waste that would result for business.
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Theunderlyingconcernthat exists there is extremely serious.
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I hope, however, that thought will be given to theunderlyingconcernthat it might be made far too easy to apply for individual bankruptcies.
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Parts of the debate have shown anunderlyingconcernabout agriculture and the changes that it faces, and there has been a tendency to defend the status quo.
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That is one of the causes of theunderlyingconcern.
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I understand theunderlyingconcernbehind his question on discussions about waste management.
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In addition to the growing unhappiness about the charging system, theunderlyingconcernis not about the water supply but is based on a distrust of the management structure.
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The problems of modernisation are theunderlyingconcernof several films.
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A central concern of fish processing is to prevent fish from deteriorating, and this remains anunderlyingconcernduring other processing operations.
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