grave concern

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveandconcern

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/us
/kənˈsɝːn/
a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you ...
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(Definition ofgraveandconcernfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave concern

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There has beengraveconcernfor many years about the quality of care that can be provided within these contexts.
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This trend will be accelerated and givesgraveconcernto all of us.
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I agree that unemployment is a matter ofgraveconcern.
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These are the aspects that cause usgraveconcern.
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This has causedgraveconcernthroughout the industry, and with good cause.
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However, the balance that he does not get will be paid for by the ratepayers for whom he continually expresses suchgraveconcern.
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Representatives of three different parties have expressedgraveconcernabout the present position.
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We know that these bodies have expressedgraveconcern, but that by itself seems inadequate.
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It is ofgraveconcernthat we have had such serious conflict and such waste of life and opportunity.
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However, here there is a matter ofgraveconcernbecause out of the so-called 2,000 additional posts 1,222 have been lost.
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I shall refer briefly to some examples which causegraveconcern.
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I can hardly think so because in his speech he expressed a verygraveconcernfor the savings campaign.
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The education and library boards have expressedgraveconcern, as have the trade unions, particularly the teaching unions.
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It would not be a matter ofgraveconcern.
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That is the real fear which causesgraveconcernto so many.
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There isgraveconcernabout the level of the real interest rates that we have to pay compared with our competitors.
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It certainly has had a very good reception in the media, and it must be giving us all cause forgraveconcern.
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I feel that that is a matter of verygraveconcern.
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Obviously it is his opinion, but he expressedgraveconcernabout the way in which our economy could develop if different policies were not undertaken.
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This issue, which seems to be making no advancement at all, is causing themgraveconcern.
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