The phrase "as a central concern" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something is a primary focus or important issue in a particular context or discussion.
Example: "In our research, we identified climate change as a central concern that affects various aspects of environmental policy."
Alternatives: "as a primary focus" or "as a key issue".
In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern.
Quality practices had emerged as a central concern for Boston Scientific last year, after federal regulators issued a warning letter citing numerous violations at company facilities.
Both campaigns acknowledged the central importance of the contests in Ohio and Texas, where pocketbook issues of struggling families have emerged as a central concern.
A senior aide said Mr. Bush would unveil a series of education initiatives on Monday, reflecting what he -- and many people of both parties running for office last year -- described as a central concern of American voters.
American officials have often described weapons proliferation as a central concern, but if they were disappointed by the slow progress this week, they were not speaking out harshly about it.
Cardinal Carlo María Martini, archbishop of Milan, is one of the more prominent Western European cardinals to have raised the issue of internal church problems as a central concern.
As noted earlier, a central concern among anti-evolutionists is that a naturalistic bias permeates modern science.
(a) As mentioned above, a central concern for many researchers will be how identifiable a sound is, while others may be interested in typical or atypical sound tokens.
Risk is ubiquitous in technology, and safety has been a central concern of engineering as long as there have been engineers.
As in any of his work, a central concern was correctly identifying and pursuing the "spirit" of the story, a task made far more difficult by Long's reluctance to be cross-examined.
As we shall see, this question will constitute a central concern for cognitive theories of word meaning (Section 5).
