Example sentences of "concern over " in BNC.
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| 1 | AI has appealed to Brazilian parliamentarians expressing its concern over the moves to reinstate the death penalty . |
| 2 | Ali Ardalan , a retired civil servant in his mid 70s arrested in June 1990 , remains in prison and there is growing concern over his ill-health . |
| 3 | My concern over this for almost as long as I can remember . |
| 4 | A SURVEY of the tourism industry in the East Midlands has highlighted concern over the Uniform Business Rate ( UBR ) . |
| 5 | It seems relevant that anthropology be used at this time to contribute to the debate on policing , for since the 1964 Police Act and the preceding Royal Commission which was generated through concern over police practice , the organization has held an increasingly central place in the public imagination . |
| 6 | The rise was principally due to higher prices of imported food processing material , underlining City concern over the inflationary impact of a weakening pound . |
| 7 | There is particular concern over the knocks to the midfield pair . |
| 8 | Letter : Concern over statistics |
| 9 | Deepening concern over the Government 's monetary policies and a gloomy stock market forecast compounded nervousness in financial markets by sending London share prices into rapid retreat yesterday . |
| 10 | East Germany admits concern over refugees |
| 11 | Concern over the trade in wild plants has been heightened by the activities of Henry Azadehdel , who was jailed in Britain this year for smuggling orchids taken from the wild and imported without the proper permits . |
| 12 | The almost inherent suspicion the police have of strangers was in the RUC 's case added to by worries about whether their personal security would be compromised and concern over the intentions of the police management . |
| 13 | The observational data was collected at a time when the men went in pairs , but they expressed concern over how this latest development worked against effective community policing : |
| 14 | Their plight made me feel rather guilty about my concern over the mosquito bites on my face . |
| 15 | While there were periods of internal stress , notably the emergence of the various racial , Irish , and student troubles of the late sixties , and the concern over the alleged ‘ ungovernability ’ of the unions at the time of the ‘ winter of discontent ’ in the late seventies , Britain was a relatively stable society internally throughout these forty-four years . |
| 16 | For all the concern over the level of public spending the British share as a proportion of GDP in 1979 was only at the mid-point of most western states . |
| 17 | Thereafter , the growing concern over inflation , steep rises in household rates , growth of public spending , and the activities of left-wing Labour authorities led the Conservatives to search for economy . |
| 18 | Councillors were told anglers spoiled the enjoyment of members of the public who liked to stroll around the lakes , and labour councillor Owen Granfield expressed concern over the environmental impact of stocking fish into park lakes . |
| 19 | Mr Robert Mayor was n't too sure how he would vote in a council election , because of concern over reports of overspending by the hung Wirral authority and the effect on the poll tax . |
| 20 | AN all-party committee of peers yesterday condemned government concern over the proposed EC Social Charter as ‘ excessive ’ and recommended that the Prime Minister treat it as a basis for an agreement with her Community partners at this weekend 's Strasbourg summit . |
| 21 | Dowty may be able to show a near £10million profit gain to about £42million , against £32.5million although the shares have been moving uncertainly in the face of the engineering strikes and concern over defence expenditure . |
| 22 | It amounted to a coded acknowledgement of the barely-supressed rage of Conservative MPs , mostly on the right , whose concern over a fresh wave of ‘ large-scale immigration ’ hitting overcrowded facilities in Britain was clothed yesterday in language close to that of Mr Gerald Kaufman , the shadow Foreign Secretary , who called the plan ‘ inherently unworkable , invidious and divisive ’ , and demanded details on how it would work . |
| 23 | The activities of the far right have been a cause for concern over here for a while now . |
| 24 | All the quiet concern over the past weeks had been professional , nothing more . |
| 25 | Trivial or shallow , in particular , are criticisms levelled at young women for their concern over their appearance ; one of the worst current insults you can throw at an actress or pop star is that she 's a bimbo — concerned only with her looks and nothing else . |
| 26 | Concern over exposure to the troubled Heron International group hit the banking sector , with Barclays , down 12 at 287p , the main casualty . |
| 27 | A further 22.7 point slide in the FTSE100 index on Friday ( bringing the fall to 192 points or 7 per cent since the election was called ) is testimony to growing concern over economic prospects if Labour wins the election and the possibility of an early interest rate hike . |
| 28 | The product 's sales are heading for £1 million a year , benefiting from ecological concern over the kangaroo skin that traditionally covers soccer boots . |
| 29 | A recent accident in Sweden when a runaway tram killed 11 people has heightened concern over safety but Manchester 's LRTs have five separate braking systems and the steepest gradient they face is a 1-in-20 up Balloon Street . |
| 30 | CONCERN over possible job cuts at the BBC yesterday prompted the union representing 14,000 of its staff to promise to unveil ‘ plans to dismantle the corporation ’ . |