Example sentences of "concerned [prep] the [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly he is concerned for the church in Rome , a church that he has never visited , though he obviously knew a lot of the leaders there . |
| 2 | ‘ You were n't concerned about the conditions in which the servants lived ? |
| 3 | As I have already said , the Government are seriously concerned about the shootings in East Timor on 12 November . |
| 4 | ‘ I do think I can be concerned about the problems in America , but I think feeling guilty is useless , and maybe that compounds the arrogance . |
| 5 | I am concerned about the position in which some people find themselves as a result of problems with the funds . |
| 6 | He dislikes gaming , but he is also concerned about the way in which the contract was awarded . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're particularly concerned about the increase in incidents involving youngsters of 11 and 12 , especially girls , ’ said founder Regina Dollar . |
| 8 | ‘ We 're particularly concerned about the situation in Tigre , ’ the WFP 's Director of Operations in Ethiopia , Mr David Morton , said . |
| 9 | Dr Leslie Weatherhead , its Minister , grew more and more concerned about the situation in Europe . |
| 10 | CONSERVATIONISTS are concerned about the decline in the Scottish population of capercaillie , a bird of the old pine woods and the largest member of the grouse family . |
| 11 | Common Ground is concerned about the decline in old orchards , which grow traditional varieties of fruit , provide habitats for bees , grazing for sheep , geese and pigs and create beautiful landscapes ; their exhibition encourages people to grow their own fruit trees , and plant larger orchards for the community . |
| 12 | Former Schools Minister and Tory MP Sir Rhodes Boyson said : ‘ I 'm very concerned about the decline in the numbers sitting maths . |
| 13 | Darlington Borough Council 's transport manager Alan Docherty said councils were generally concerned about the decline in provincial rail services , particularly the reduction in trains . |
| 14 | Coroner Dr Paul Knapman said at Westminster Coroner 's Court : ‘ He was concerned about the events in Bosnia and the lack of action by politicians in the West . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , is my hon. Friend the Minister not concerned about the growth in size of housing associations , which might make it more difficult to maintain the personal contact with tenants which is an important aspect of good housing management ? |
| 16 | Congress has already discussed the fact that we 're very concerned about the drop in membership . |
| 17 | He was more concerned with the work in hand and he pointed out to Jackson that the expense of making trials was great . |
| 18 | The Ministry is more concerned with the shortage in school textbooks and political nonsense . |
| 19 | For me it was n't just a question of being at ease with my homosexuality : I was more concerned with the way in which that sexuality expressed itself . |
| 20 | Here , we are concerned with the way in which Piaget described children 's ‘ knowledge of the world ’ at different stages of development . |
| 21 | Descriptions which focus on meaning are concerned with the way in which conceptual understanding is expressed in language and functional descriptions are concerned with the relationship between language and the social context in which it occurs . |
| 22 | While language charts are specifically concerned with the way in which a child uses language on a day-to-day basis , language tests are much more concerned with what a child can do or say under optimal conditions . |
| 23 | Whereas the other tests so far reviewed have been concerned with specific aspects of linguistic ability , the RDLS is much more concerned with the way in which the child 's increasing mastery of language is associated with conceptual development and more sophisticated problem-solving skills . |
| 24 | But most particularly we are concerned with the way in which learners and environments interact , for it is in that interaction that we , as parents and teachers , can best help children to realize their linguistic and intellectual potential by adopting a conversational style that maximises their opportunities for learning . |
| 25 | It will be concerned with the way in which meaning is produced rather than with meaning itself . |
| 26 | That allegory is complex , but seems mainly concerned with the way in which Frankenstein , standing for science in general , wishes to remould the world for the better , and instead leaves it a worse place than he finds it . |
| 27 | The study is concerned with the way in which decisions are made with regard to public spending . |
| 28 | The project is concerned with the way in which new varieties of a language — accents and dialects — emerge when large numbers of people from different regions settle in a previously relatively unpopulated area . |
| 29 | The Committee Research Programme on the Changing Urban and Regional System is concerned with the way in which localities in the UK are being radically and differentially affected by processes of restructuring . |
| 30 | The Malthusian debate is concerned with the way in which , through the centuries , economic growth has first induced and then restrained population growth . |