paramount

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: Safety is absolutely paramount and we will lend our support to anything that makes safety paramount.

Modifies a noun

• importance: Changes in culture are of paramount importance, too.
• consideration: Your children's welfare is the Courts paramount consideration.
• concern: The welfare of the child is the paramount concern of the Hearing's system.
• occupation: The marina operator is in paramount occupation of the mooring for the purposes of his business of running a marina.
• chief: There is no one paramount chief who dominates all of the Kusu.
• significance: Moreover, the written word is a medium of paramount significance in academia.

Modifying Another Word

• absolutely: Health and Safety is absolutely paramount in this area to protect cast, crew and of course, yourself.
• therefore: Risk review Risk management responsibilities are therefore paramount to the boards of financial institutions.
• obviously: It can be a tough decision, but the protection of your child is obviously paramount.
• normally: In the case of children under 16, it would take an exceptional public-interest to override the normally paramount interests of the child.
• always: Safety is always paramount for the team, with charges made up to specifications following extensive testing.
• still: But my own feelings of loyalty toward her were still paramount.

Infinitive complement

ensure: Quality control is paramount to ensure confidence in the system.

Used with adjective complement

• remain: The welfare of the child must always remain paramount.
• become: Getting rid of the bucket under the drip in the west wing has finally become paramount.
• consider: Concerns that the public might boycott vaccines if their safety was called into question were considered paramount.

Preposition: in

• mind: Concerns about anonymity were paramount in the minds of many of those I was trying to contact.
• order: The academic judgment of the Board of Examiners remains paramount in order to ensure that the academic standards of awards are maintained.
• development: Security is paramount in the development processes used by GMS and SSL is supported throughout the product.