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

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1 In its place the councillors now found an amalgam of interest groups , some class-based , some not , some based on workplace issues , others concerned with matters of production .
2 Furthermore , the manual is concerned with matters of design alone and does not address the benefits that might arise from legal changes — because it can not .
3 However , it did n't invite you to consider whether that change was sensible or not , and the bulk of it was still concerned with matters of detail .
4 Debates on the floor of the House are rarely concerned with matters of detail .
5 Finally , the appeal to the Privy Council encounters a further hurdle , in the shape of the long-established reluctance of the Board to interfere where the appeal is brought by special leave , except in cases of a serious miscarriage of justice , a reluctance which is even greater where the appeal is concerned with matters of procedure .
6 The first part of this paper is concerned with matters of record .
7 Strasser said that the changes would give " a civilian face to the government , while the NPRC [ would ] be concerned with matters of nation-building " .
8 The core of the discipline is concerned with matters of space , light , structure , colour and movement .
9 Often these feelings and beliefs lead people to claim to know God and to glimpse the transcendent ; sometimes they represent that striving and longing for perfection which characterizes human beings but always they are concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence .
10 The problem is that although the beliefs and feelings are " always concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence " — which does suggest or give opportunity for something which is not just subjective in interpretation — it tends to subsume the religious view of life under what we might call a humanist umbrella .
11 Both families had ties with greater men , who were more concerned with affairs of State , and they were affected by political turmoil , particularly the Stonors , who suffered forfeiture in 1483 for rebelling against Richard III , but both had come through the earlier phase of the dynastic struggle with relatively minor scars .
12 Further discussion is shown to be necessary in recognizing that ‘ child abuse is centrally concerned with debates about the way we bring up children and is hence centrally concerned with child care ’ .
13 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 .
14 But in this … chapter we are specially concerned with movements of prices ranging over still longer periods than those for which the most farsighted dealers in futures generally make their reckoning : we have to consider the volume of production adjusting itself to the conditions of the market , and the normal price being thus determined at the position of stable equilibrium of normal demand and normal supply .
15 This matters because recent discussion shows Weber 's conception of class ( Wright , 1985 ) to be determined by production just as much as it is by Marx , but that Weber is concerned with consequences in terms of market exchanges , whereas Marx focuses on exploitation .
16 Seeing racism as determining rather than determinate , at the centre rather than in the margins , also means accepting that Britain 's crisis is centrally and emphatically concerned with notions of race and national identity .
17 ( d ) Special problems Provisions relating to time The terms may contain a number of provisions concerned with periods of time : for example , they may set limits on the time for action to be taken , including the time for delivery , the service of notices , notification of claims and payment of the price .
18 106 ; Sargood Brothers v. The Commonwealth , 11 C.L.R. 258 and Mason v. New South Wales , 102 C.L.R. 108 , were all concerned with claims for money paid under compulsion or colore officii .
19 This project is concerned with decisions about the choice of home and job , and related decisions about travelling to work , by those who work in South East England .
20 Each major department has at its headquarters a group of 100 or so civil servants , from the grade of ‘ principal ’ up to ‘ permanent secretary ’ , who are concerned with decisions of a ‘ policy ’ kind , many of which require ministerial approval .
21 As criterion referencing is concerned with descriptions of performance this exercise may give an indication about how some criteria might be expressed .
22 Some employers sponsor students by paying fees and maintenance ; there is widespread employer involvement in various forms of sandwich courses and work placements including , in some cases , co-operation in student assessment ; there are endowed chairs at universities and polytechnics ; there are sponsored courses sometimes with a single client as customer for the whole student cohort ; employers sit on various boards and committees concerned with activities from course unit level to governing body ; employers use academics as consultants and engage academic departments to do research for them ; there are sponsored research and collaborative projects ; and curriculum material is available at all levels — usually for free — from industrial and commercial bodies .
23 From 1976 the Panel or Board , and its parent Committee , were concerned with discussions about the future of management studies , providing advice to external examiners drawn from business and industry , extending CNAA influence in the field , and holding meetings for members who were involved in visits .
24 Recall from section 1.5.1 that these theories are concerned with innovations in production processes and products .
25 Second , this account is not solely or even primarily concerned with innovations in machinery and instruments : a central part of the analysis is the organization of labour .
26 This research is concerned with obligations between adult relatives ( excluding spouses ) to provide practical and material assistance for each other , especially : providing personal care ; giving or lending money ; offering a home on a temporary or permanent basis .
27 For the local researcher concerned with studies of bygone industries the following are useful : Industrial Archaeology by M. Rix ( 1967 ) , The Techniques of Industrial Archaeology by J.P.M. Pannell ( 1974 ) , and Fieldwork in Industrial Archaeology by J.K. Major ( 1975 ) .
28 From Booth onwards , there has been a strong tradition of empirical social research in Britain , much of it concerned with studies of poverty and other matters of social welfare .
29 Issue will be taken with the appropriateness of applying the concept of punishment to the probation context through reference to a demanding and successful probation project concerned with offenders in trouble through drink .
30 The second point to note about the Ellis and Bowerman surveys is that neither was concerned with cases of really outstanding creativity , of the kind that have been the subject of individual biographical analyses .
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