Example sentences of "concern was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The $3.65bn buyout will increase the airline 's debt-equity ratio from less than 50 per cent to 585 per cent and NorthWest operates one of the oldest fleets in the industry , but Mr Skinner 's chief concern was the citizenship of KLM 's representative on the NorthWest board . |
| 2 | A more political concern was the legacy of the 1970 — 4 government 's experience with incomes policies and public-sector wages . |
| 3 | Hong Kong 's chief secretary , Sir David Ford , said : ‘ Our first concern was the safety and dignity of the people concerned . ’ |
| 4 | At the beginning of the 1939–40 session , the predominant concern was the capacity and wisdom of continuing to provide adult education in the region irrespective of constitutional proprieties . |
| 5 | Their common concern was the chaos that would unleash itself on the city if a radioactive cloud from Hinkley Point was carried by the prevailing wind . |
| 6 | Their most pressing concern was the seven-year-old Iran-Iraq war , and the Palestine question was pushed to the bottom of the list of priorities for the first time in the history of the Arab League . |
| 7 | The second concern was the shortage of pedestrian crossings . |
| 8 | We drew up short term goals but Mrs Allen was not particularly interested in these — her main concern was the long-term aim of having a healed leg wound . |
| 9 | His concern was the effect on pools companies . |
| 10 | Another major concern was the provision of listening facilities for Africans , the people for whom the service was primarily intended . |
| 11 | The central cause for concern was the 20-page section devoted to advice on sexual matters . |
| 12 | Clive 's next concern was the French base at Chandernagore , a little to the north , and Siraj-ud-Daula allowed him to attack and neutralize it . |
| 13 | MIND 's particular concern was the lack of a coherent strategy between the different health and local authorities which had been served by Banstead . |
| 14 | Of immediate concern was the increase in the ranks of the urban poor . |
| 15 | De Gaulle showed , in a press conference on 9 September , that his most serious concern was the introduction of more majority voting in the Community in future and that this was where he most wanted changes . |
| 16 | David Tindle gained the impression , from conversations with Minton , that for him the central concern was the structuring of human content into form . |
| 17 | Another major concern was the continuing estrangement of the leaders of the Karens . |
| 18 | To talk of the rights of the nation was one thing , to descend to the streets and appeal to the mob was unthinkable to magistrates whose obsessive concern was the preservation of order . |
| 19 | Views such as these highlight the fundamental mechanics of Nizan 's political psychology : a willingness to accept expedient political tactics provided that a justifiable link could be established between the tactics themselves and the long term " moral " strategy ; a consequent unwillingness to accept expedient political tactics relayed unthinkingly by leading party officials whose only concern was the efficient management of the current party line . |
| 20 | When looking at reliability one principal concern was the purpose of the writer — whether of a primary or secondary source . |
| 21 | But Wallace 's main concern was the distribution of animals on large continental land masses . |
| 22 | We noted at the start of this chapter that our study of school management was not intended to be comprehensive : our concern was the management of PNP rather than that of every aspect of a school 's professional work . |
| 23 | ‘ From the credit managers ’ point of view the main concern was the degree of risk contained on the existing sales ledger . |
| 24 | Though his most enduring concern was the establishment of a truly mathematical theory of chemistry ( in which he was unsuccessful ) he also worked on optical activity , organo-sulphur compounds , and electrolytic synthesis of half-esters . |
| 25 | The early studies ( such as those of Lounsbury , 1954 and Goldman-Eisler , 1958 ) were based on probabilistic models of language , in which the major concern was the predictability of the next word from the word or words which had gone before . |
| 26 | Their primary concern was the possibility that the decline of American influence in Southeast Asia could still precipitate an American-sponsored military pact of ASEAN states directed at the Soviet Union . |
| 27 | Germany 's particular concern was the 275,000 Soviet troops still stationed there and due to be withdrawn by the end of 1994 . |
| 28 | Another concern was the exceptionally low turnout , estimated at only 21.09 per cent over both rounds . |
| 29 | The main cause for concern was the dominant role of France , which had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 and had since taken an independent line in defence matters . |
| 30 | They did not seem to realize that the Allies ' prime concern was the neutrality of Spain , and that any interest they might have in the nature of its political regime existed as a function of that concern . |