None of them were looking at anything other than their immediate concern.

What are the things of immediate concern at a given age?

His most immediate concern was money, of which he had none whatever.

Of more immediate concern was the figure on the bed.

Getting the police back on its side is a more immediate concern.

But her immediate concern was how to deal with this particular thing.

Some in state government have more immediate concerns about the state's financial picture.

Now I should like to return to more immediate concerns.

But not all young families make the school issue their most immediate concern.

He, like most everyone else here, has more immediate concerns.

These are often groups that have a direct interest in the outcome.

It was probably the first time anyone had shown direct personal interest in her.

More recently, certain local authority organizations have begun to take a direct interest in popular music.

Perhaps he had a "direct interest in legislation" at some times but not others.

We're talking about whether or not they have a direct interest in trying to influence the course of legislation.

The book also contains a good deal of direct interest to American readers.

Korea itself was not a region of direct interest to Britain.

"It concerns a subject that has been of little direct interest to me in quite a while."

Now we are waiting for a response from the six countries which have a direct interest in the programme.

His question held no pity, just a simple, direct interest.