grave consequence
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgraveandconsequence
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grave
adjective
uk/ɡreɪv/us/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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consequence
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwəns/us/ˈkɑːn.sə.kwəns/
a result of a particular action or situation, often one that is bad or ...
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(Definition ofgraveandconsequencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The failure to provide adequate sleeping arrangements, in an age where road transport is of such importance, is having agraveconsequenceupon road safety.
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If we do not see the reality of this problem and do something about it, there could be agraveconsequence.
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We must continue to debate this subject because it is ofgraveconsequenceto many of our citizens.
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To my mind that is thegraveconsequencewhich confronts us.
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I believe these considerations add up to a matter of fairlygraveconsequence.
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He must know that there is thisgraveconsequence.
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We might think that thegraveconsequencewould be that by putting it in the waste paper basket it might never be recycled.
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The circumstances in which such operations might be brought into play concern matters of suchgraveconsequencethat they should be debated very seriously.
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That is thegraveconsequencewhich we think stems from these defects in the law.
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Again, it could be applied in restoring in whole, or in part, the investment allowances, the removal of which was of verygraveconsequenceto the hotel industry.
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Given these grave consequences, it would be unethical to completely ignore survival prospects in deciding how to allocate donor livers.
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The formal system of health care has fallen into decay with grave consequences for older people, particularly in rural areas.
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Nor does he explore the grave consequences of ties for the formal expressivity of the theory.
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Nowhere does he consider the grave consequences that the slow evolutionary nature of institutional change has had.
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He warned that any leakage of these reports due to our fault would be ofgraveconsequence, so all the handling of these reports should be strictly secret.
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It is clear that there can be grave consequences for faculty, students, and staff who report discrepancies and concerns about unethical behavior.
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This was not the only circumstance that was to have grave consequences.
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If war is carried on with needless extravagance there must be grave consequences sooner or later.
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Given the potential for grave consequences, the investments in nuclear energy must be re-thought and redeployed.
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One of the grave consequences of unemployment has been a serious deterioration in race relations.
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