shared concern

collocation in English

meaningsofsharedandconcern

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shared
adjective
uk
/ʃeəd/us
/ʃerd/
owned, divided, felt, or experienced by more than ...
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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 ofsharedandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshared concern

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But at the heart of these two perspectives is asharedconcernabout welfare dependency.
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Points of agreement are found, instead, at a broader level, in asharedconcernabout propriety and decorum.
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Although the initial purpose was a new andsharedconcern, attempts to establish cross-boundary and crosssectoral working met with strong resistance from the existing institutional framework.
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The most widelysharedconcernis that this move threatens to rob the theory of rational choice of its normative content.
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Anothersharedconcern, just beginning to surface, is our realisation of the urgency for developing and refining a suitably responsive set of analytical tools for this diverse array of works.
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We have covered many important environmental issues relating to clean fuels and demonstrated oursharedconcernfor the environment and the air that we breathe.
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In any case, it is asharedconcern, and therefore we must ensure that we provide high-quality training and that there is guidance available.
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We shall make clear the importance of co-operation in the areas ofsharedconcern.
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On the contrary, the very gravity of the situation and oursharedconcernmust spur us on to greater efforts.
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Some obvious common ground is to be found in oursharedconcernabout unemployment and about the position in which unemployed people find themselves.
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We want the service to be effective and that is oursharedconcern.
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We all have asharedconcernfor the future of television - the most influential medium in our democracy.
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Their first andsharedconcernwas for the welfare of detainees.
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I shall begin on a point ofsharedconcern.
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Risk assessment, which enables us to determine whether an offender is suitable for discretionary release on licence, is asharedconcernand is one of the most exacting tasks.
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One of my key aims has been to ensure that the issue ceases to be a bilateral one and is made an issue ofsharedconcernby the international community.
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That is a matter ofsharedconcern.
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Success in an enterprise of this nature can come only from management, workforce and the customer having a primary andsharedconcernin the long-term future.
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We havesharedconcernfor the inner areas for some years.
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In the past there has always been a substantial element of common ground based on a genuine,sharedconcern and on a spirit of positive and constructive co-operation.
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