concerned

Preposition: about

• risk: In short, we are more fearful and more concerned about risk.

Modifying Another Word

• overly: And what if you find yourself getting overly concerned about your weight and preoccupied with food?
• gravely: It said it was " gravely concerned " about the absence of basic medical facilities and schools for the Roma.
• unduly: He did not seem unduly concerned, and carried on the procedure as usual.
• increasingly: Mr Gosling said he had become " increasingly concerned " about the effect of a similar event in London.
• deeply: For example he was " deeply concerned " about the " halfway house " of the present House of Lords.
• genuinely: I recognize that there are many landowners, farmers and crofters who remain genuinely concerned about public access.

Preposition: with

• result: And this has led me to becoming concerned with the results KEI provides and the keywords it suggests.

Modifies a noun

• citizen: Concerned citizens help make the communities a safe place to live in without the fear of their own homes being broken into.
• scientist: You may read some comments by concerned scientists at this link.
• resident: CARM was founded by a group of concerned residents on 26 February 1996.
• constituent: Mr Clifton-Brown was assured by boffins they knew nothing after he probed about mysterious objects on behalf of a concerned constituent.
• parent: Do advise concerned parents to seek the professional advice of the school nurse, the family practice, or the local pharmacist.
• Christianity: It aims to provide a forum and a mouthpiece for concerned Christianity in its broadest sense.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: These days, the local Anglican diocese seems concerned to take care of its buildings.
• become: Second, Linda had become concerned about the estate.
• remain: I remain concerned that we are not being consistent in our attempts to contain the risks of BSE.
• appear: He appears only concerned to follow the instructions he receives from Tehran, namely to persecute Iranian refugees in Iraq.
• feel: Question What do you say to the people across Europe who feel very concerned about Turkey joining the European Union?
• grow: The news comes as people grow increasingly concerned at the attempt of Americans to impose their values on the World Wide Web.