utmost concern

collocation in English

meaningsofutmostandconcern

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utmost
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈʌt.məʊst/us
/ˈʌt.moʊst/
used to emphasize how important or serious ...
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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 ofutmostandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Secondly, service charges, especially to council tenants, are a matter of theutmostconcern.
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It is for those aid workers that we must have theutmostconcern.
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There are other and more valid reasons why we must regard these matters with theutmostconcern.
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There is theutmostconcernabout these frequent increases in charges.
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This is a matter of far too great gravity for anything but theutmostconcern.
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Is he aware that this is a matter of theutmostconcernto both poultry breeders and farmers?
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It is a matter of theutmostconcernto employers and workers alike and it is important also in the sphere of education.
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It is, therefore, something that should be treated with theutmostconcern.
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That aspect of the matter is of theutmostconcernto farmers.
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To those who have responsibility for these matters in local authorities, in social work and elsewhere, this is causing theutmostconcern.
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Of theutmostconcernis the recruitment and retention of suitable men and women to serve in the armed forces now and in the future.
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A threat to the nation's coal supplies is always a matter ofutmostconcern.
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We would regard any attempt to stifle that debate with theutmostconcern.
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The attempt to allow young children to enter public houses during permitted hours must be viewed with theutmostconcern.
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To do so would be viewed with theutmostconcernand alarm.
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I think that everyone will agree that we have acted with speed and with theutmostconcernto achieve the necessary changes and improvements in the grounds and in behaviour.
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This is in contradistinction to electroplating, in which the electrodeposit's adhesion to the mandrel is ofutmostconcern.
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If practicing catch and release fishing, care for the pike should be the pike angler'sutmostconcern.
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Privacy is ofutmostconcern, especially when there is a history of domestic violence.
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