Example sentences of "concerned [prep] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Police say they are concerned for Kathryn Mary Baxter who is believed to be depressed following the recent break-up of her relationship with a boyfriend .
2 ‘ So why so concerned for Maria Luisa 's past ?
3 ‘ You 're so concerned for Maria Luisa , does that mean she is someone special in your life ? ’
4 The more that a loss of sales to the second group is compensated by a grant paid by the first , or the more the revenues for the provision of a service to individuals come from grants , the less likely is the bureau to be concerned for consumer interests and , hence , efficiency .
5 We are concerned about nurse education , which is why we believe that it will be crippling for the NHS and for the nation 's health if , in years to come , we have poorly trained nurses who leave the profession because they are denied the opportunity of advancement and the capacity adequately to treat patients .
6 But he made an astute appeal to the self-interest of Conservative MPs concerned about government unpopularity by making his prime focus the poll tax .
7 My members are concerned about pay differentials with semi-skilled workers not hospital porters and cleaners . ’
8 I found it difficult to follow their chatter ( you know old Shallot , nosy as hell and always looking for mischief ) , but they seemed most concerned about Lady Francesca 's health .
9 Broad generalizations ( the Japanese are concerned about relationship goals , the British about recognition and structure ) are familiar to any international manager .
10 It is of the essence of a religion which talks about hairs on your head being counted and not a sparrow falling from Heaven without mercy attending its descent , that it should be concerned about Mrs McSquirt 's upcoming visit to hospital just as much as any public issue of ‘ importance ’ .
11 And he later said he was concerned about patient care in the Royal Victoria Hospital .
12 Several householders were very concerned about road congestion in the area , which they said , would only worsen if the building went ahead at Blands Corner .
13 Many of these people were genuinely concerned about development pressures but did n't know enough about CPRW to be attract to join .
14 Yes , I , I must say I 'm particularly concerned about home care services .
15 ‘ Sinn Fein councillors claim to be concerned about council spending , but in fact bomb attacks carried out by their IRA associates against council property are a major burden on Belfast ratepayers , ’ he said .
16 Although by law hire purchase advertising had to be ‘ accurate ’ , there was no reporting process to make this more effective than a formality ( except for the efforts of individual weights and measures inspectors who became concerned about credit provision when their duties were extended by the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 to cover a very wide range of consumer affairs ) .
17 Well over 400 individual environmental measures have been taken over the past 12 months to deliver our commitments , ranging from telephone helplines for those concerned about air quality to major international agreements on new standards for cars and water .
18 IATA concerned about air safety
19 And that 's money we have to spend , and it in a way that was a controversial decision because members of the Council were genuinely concerned about spending money on what might be seen to be central services , when they were having to face not improving staffing in elderly persons ' homes .
20 The application that has recently been approved overcomes many of the local resident 's er objections , although I think it is fair to say that er some local residents are still concerned about Oxford Stadium 's operations , er on particular occasions and the way it affects them .
21 Olschewski had no worries about competing in the difficult personal computer market , saying ‘ We are not concerned about unit numbers , but about quality .
22 The National Association of Estate Agents is concerned about price rigging of repossessed homes .
23 I would very much like to make contact with other artists concerned about animal welfare and the environment who would like to be involved in thematic exhibitions , performances or other types of artistic projects .
24 What I am suggesting , however , is that we could gain considerably by recognizing in research , policy and practice that child abuse is centrally concerned with debates about the way we bring up children and is hence centrally concerned about child care .
25 The swans that we are concerned about build ships on the River Tyne .
26 Max Schmeling , who became the darling of the Nazi Party by being the first man to defeat Joe Louis , was feted in one of those boxing nostalgias which try , on the side , to thumb the nose at the American Medical Association and other such clinical societies concerned about brain damage .
27 Max Schmeling , who became the darling of the Nazi Party by being the first man to defeat Joe Louis , was feted in one of those boxing nostalgias which try , on the side , to thumb the nose at the American Medical Association and other such clinical societies concerned about brain damage .
28 However , those farmers who are more exclusively business-oriented — the agribusinessmen and active managerials — and are less concerned about village affairs , may have been somewhat relieved to find that the village population no longer expects them to engage in time-consuming and tedious parochial administration .
29 MEPs are particularly concerned about EC imports and exports of waste ; they want introduction of deposits or bonding to guarantee that consignments will be properly handled , and they say that the system would be monitored by an EC inspectorate responsible to the ( much delayed ) European Environment Agency .
30 Giving up fruit may make you concerned about Vitamin C deficiency , but if you eat sufficient quantities of fresh vegetables this should not be a problem .
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