Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [verb] [be] concerned " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For some time the bloodstock industry has been concerned about competition from our EC counterparts , and this was threatening 30,000 jobs . ’ |
| 2 | In general terms , inflation accounting methods have been concerned with ensuring that capital is being maintained in economic terms . |
| 3 | Similarly , much recent analysis of the impact of technical change on labour relations has been concerned to show how technical innovation has been driven by the need of employers to ‘ deskill ’ the workforce in order to control the ‘ workprocess ’ and extract the maximum rate of profit from labour [ Friedman , 1977 ] . |
| 4 | However , there is little basis for confidence , since , as Frankel writes , ‘ research activity has been concerned almost exclusively with the probability of neediness and not with the distribution of those who might be expected to benefit from particular interventions . |
| 5 | Development plans and development control have been concerned predominantly with restricting development in particular parts of the countryside . |
| 6 | So far , criticism of functionalist theories has been concerned with the view that stratification is functional . |
| 7 | Some of the advice workers surveyed were concerned that they should work as a team . |
| 8 | ( 5.35 ) : High-voltage supply , The bilevel drive has the merit of simplicity , because the only control circuitry required is concerned with the switching time of transistor T2 at the beginning of each excitation interval . |
| 9 | For many years the Trust 's wardens and countryside staff have been concerned to provide access for everyone wanting to explore the Trust 's countryside and coast . |
| 10 | A great deal of the discussion of such topic markers has been concerned with the sentence-internal organization of information as given ( or the topic ) vs. new ( or comment about the topic — see Gundel , 1977 for a review ) . |
| 11 | Increasingly in recent years , policy makers have been concerned to stimulate more young people to participate in education and training after the age of 16 . |
| 12 | Federation officials had been concerned that the scheme , part of the proposed £1 million Citywatch crime prevention campaign for the city , would cut across traditional police duties and set a precedent for a privatised police force . |
| 13 | ‘ The reason people have been concerned about this case for so long is that it is about far bigger issues . |
| 14 | WHILE the North Wales Coast mainline has been claiming the headlines as far as steam operations have been concerned the other coastal route , the Cambrian , provided some memorable moments as well . |
| 15 | Throughout history man has been concerned with controlling the external environment or adapting to its vagaries . |
| 16 | But in fact feminists have been concerned with the morality of abortion all along — but in a distinctly different way from the moral philosophers and Right-to-Lifers . |