Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] concern " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposition parties also expressed concern over the Council 's plans , as announced on July 17 , at a time of rising costs for national reconstruction , to endorse a cash payment of KD20,000 ( US$65,000 ) to each Kuwaiti family as compensation for damage during the occupation . |
| 2 | Major battery manufacturers immediately expressed concern , arguing that only specially-designed nickel-cadmium batteries were suitable for recharging , and that ordinary alkaline or zinc chloride batteries might explode if subjected to it . |
| 3 | Delegates and speakers alike expressed concern about the West 's readiness and ability to adapt to life in a ‘ computer culture ’ . |
| 4 | The ACP countries also expressed concern that the aims of the convention would be jeopardized by the planned introduction of a single market in the Community by 1992 , the opening towards East European countries , and the EC 's willingness to grant concessions to third countries under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , all of which were expected to lead to a dilution of aid and benefits for ACP countries and to weaken the EC 's commitment to the convention . |
| 5 | While the perils of ‘ publish or perish ’ have yet to perturb Indian authors , seminar participants also voiced concern about the fact that out of the 350,000 practitioners of western medicine in the country today , only 4% read journals . |
| 6 | Veteran relief workers also expressed concern , claiming the project would be ineffective and dangerous both for aircrews and those on the ground . |
| 7 | Among the poor who had no property , desertion was the informal answer to marital unhappiness and was practised on an unknown scale until the Second World War : certainly , eighteenth and nineteenth century poor law officials often expressed concern at the number of deserted wives drawing relief . |
| 8 | Delegates also expressed concern that western companies would try to take advantage of lax legislation in East European countries and the weakness of local enforcement agencies to use or sell environmentally damaging technologies which are banned in Western Europe and North America . |
| 9 | Delegates also expressed concern over the success of the anti-fur trade campaign , which had effectively shut down many of the markets for one of the Inuits ' principal exports . |
| 10 | But the carefully prepared general rise in European interest rates immediately prompted concern that it represented German worries about domestic inflation and the ability of the Bundesbank to persuade other countries to follow its policy , rather than an expression of the determination of the Group of Seven , the leading industrial nations , to control the dollar . |
| 11 | Actual closures naturally caused concern . |