urgent - use in sentences

Infinitive complement

  • do: NGOs should be communicating how the UK public can make poverty history, as well as why it is urgent to do so.

Modifying Another Word

  • increasingly: The rapid expansion in activity has led to an increasingly urgent need for the development of a sound theoretical base.
  • particularly: Where problems are particularly urgent, Nightline ( Ext.
  • extremely: We will not accept amendments over the phone, unless the matter is extremely urgent.
  • so: And guess what, all those thing we thought were so urgent actually awaited our return.
  • very: Out of Hours Emergencies The council has an Emergency Repair Service to deal with very urgent repairs outside normal working hours.
  • rather: It is getting rather urgent now: I need it back from you by the end of the week at the very latest.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • make: The skill mix that is required these days and the increasing demands made on nurses makes a review urgent.

Modifies a noun

  • referral: Treatment is hastily started, there is an urgent surgical referral.
  • need: The primary driver was the urgent need to prevent the frequent flooding of the town center from the river.
  • necessity: And see that reform is not just desirable; it is an urgent necessity.
  • attention: Sex Tourism Sex tourism is a problem which demands urgent attention.
  • action: I want the industry to take urgent action to address the problem.
  • repair: I have an urgent repair - who can help?

Used with adjective complement

  • become: His voice becomes softly urgent ] Come home with me home, Ella.
  • consider: Priorities Priorities are issues that you consider more urgent than other things.
  • mark: This record has just arrived, marked urgent Seagoon: Quick put it on.
  • remain: The need for water, food and shelter remains urgent.
  • feel: Seeing Merry always makes me feel more urgent about planning and executing our home ed.

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