urgent concern

collocation in English

meaningsofurgentandconcern

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urgent
adjective
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/ˈɜː.dʒənt/us
/ˈɝː.dʒənt/
very important and needing ...
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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 ofurgentandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A health service without humanity or without anurgentconcernfor its own improvement is a contradiction in terms.
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This is a matter of veryurgentconcernin my constituency and in my own industry.
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Law and order is ofurgentconcernto all our constituents.
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Will he take note of those and show rather moreurgentconcernabout reducing the current heavy toll of young lives?
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We are watching that situation withurgentconcernbecause, in the past, there have been belligerent noises.
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I feel that the debate has enabled many to express theirurgentconcern, including some with intimate knowledge.
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That is something which is far above party and should be ofurgentconcernto us all?
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The mosturgentconcernis about the preparedness of the new agencies.
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I believe that to be a matter ofurgentconcern.
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The library aspect of national heritage cries out for hisurgentconcernand action.
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To them, acid rain and urban smog are more immediate and urgent concerns than global warming.
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This need not con-ict with urgent concerns for poverty alleviation.
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Of course, these are the most universal and urgent concerns for us from 1980 onwards.
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Unless they have bodies specifically dedicated to protecting them, they may be lost among the more urgent concerns of the commission.
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In 1850 a diocesan structure was restored and one of the most urgent concerns of the new hierarchy was to make provision for religious education.
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In addition to three permanent sub-committees (architecture and town planning, community services and education), action groups would be established to respond to urgent concerns.
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