cause concern

collocation in English

meaningsofcauseandconcern

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cause
noun
uk
/kɔːz/us
/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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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 ofcauseandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcause concern

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The inflationary expectations of yet another group had begun tocauseconcern.
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Nor was the surveillance of animals and their health a particular public health issue, although animals didcauseconcern.
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First, the argument that their numbers are too small tocauseconcern.
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Wearable devices are not new but their increasing use in the workplace doescauseconcern.
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But it mustcauseconcernfor fuel oil stocks in the future, and demand even greater economy in the use of electricity.
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Thermal emissions and the heating effect are not the only aspects of the impact of phone masts thatcauseconcern.
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This continues tocauseconcern, with more than 100 engagements between insurgents and coalition forces just the weekend before last.
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At the same time, the trade deficit is large enough tocauseconcern.
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I understand that such a major project willcauseconcernand difficulties wherever it is sited.
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There is a great deal more to think and talk about and tocauseconcernin this innocuous clause.
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It is a matter that willcauseconcernto the farmers placed in that invidious position.
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So, despite all the legal paraphernalia, they still take place and stillcauseconcern.
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The proposed subsections (5) and (6) maycauseconcernor puzzlement to those who, like me, have difficulty in understanding even what they have written.
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Most of us understand how to raise issues with colleagues when policiescauseconcern, perhaps by a letter, telephone call or meeting.
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They are complex and, in these days of professionalism, sponsorship and money, willcauseconcernin local communities.
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It is not only the prison and remand home aspects whichcauseconcern.
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The committee was wrong in this belief, yet it was sufficient tocauseconcernin our society.
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Its intention mightcauseconcernif it were felt that it was too widely drawn.
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