foremost concern
collocation in Englishmeaningsofforemostandconcern
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foremost
adjective
uk/ˈfɔː.məʊst/us/ˈfɔːr.moʊst/
most important or ...
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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 offoremostandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Above all, before, during, and after the war he acted withforemostconcernto preserve a political order centered on the throne (the kokutai).
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These are issues which first andforemostconcernthe most private of all areas, the close relationship between parents and children.
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In this age, violence has become theforemostconcernof the ordinary citizen.
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Ourforemostconcernis that access to health care services may be reduced through an increased role for the private sector.
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The hospital is in his constituency and naturally he has theforemostconcern, but my constituency adjoins his and my constituents use the hospital.
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Theforemostconcernof my constituents is that they want the right to work.
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When designing sumps, the amount of leachate and liquid expected is theforemostconcern.
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One of our foremost concerns, therefore, will be the participation of as many sides as possible at political, operational and institutional level.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Crime, disorder and anti-social behaviour remain the foremost concerns of my constituents.
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The needs, pain and conditions of those patients are our first and foremost concerns.
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While desperate people were digging their relatives out of the rubble with their bare hands, the state apparatus showed that it was first and foremost concerned with itself.
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