gross breach

collocation in English

meaningsofgrossandbreach

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gross
adjective
adverb
uk
/ɡrəʊs/us
/ɡroʊs/
(in) ...
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breach
noun[C]
uk
/briːtʃ/us
/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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(Definition ofgrossandbreachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That no doubt was a terrible impropriety and agrossbreachof protocol.
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They regard our threatened departure as agrossbreachof faith and friendship.
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They would not like their names mentioned, and it would be agrossbreachof friendship to mention them.
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Is not this string of assumptions and arguments agrossbreachof procedure?
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That would be agrossbreachof the immigration rules and our procedures.
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Will he undertake immediate action, so that this firm is not forced to close as a result of an illegal andgrossbreachof duty?
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There was not much in two of them, but the third one, dealing with infrared, in my opinion is agrossbreachof security.
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That is not dishonest; nor is it agrossbreachof natural justice.
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These should be reserved for cases where there is a severe orgrossbreachof the ordinary claims of morality.
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I think that that approval would be quite sufficient to prevent anygrossbreachof the truce.
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It is agrossbreachof faith with the members of the societies!
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It is agrossbreachof a basic human right, the right to strike, and it is for very little purpose.
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We should be guilty of a mostgrossbreachof our duty.
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Anygrossbreachof the provision can be brought up quite as well without these unnecessary words being put in.
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That, in turn, would be agrossbreachof contract on our part.
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It would be agrossbreachof faith if we were to go back on it.
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It was merely agrossbreachof professional etiquette.
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That would be agrossbreachof confidence and could also cause distress to the people concerned.
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I made it plain to the ambassador that where there was agrossbreachof international obligations, those responsible could be held personally liable.
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I should have welcomed much stronger language being used about thegrossbreachof the rules at his own airports.
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