grave difficulty

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveanddifficulty

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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difficulty
noun
uk
/ˈdɪf.ɪ.kəl.ti/us
/ˈdɪf.ə.kəl.t̬i/
the fact of not being easy to do ...
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(Definition ofgraveanddifficultyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave difficulty

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I find the judicial review a matter of verygravedifficulty.
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If, therefore, the bridegroom finds himself unable to obtain leave, the couple are faced with agravedifficulty.
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The conduct of our diplomats under circumstances ofgravedifficultyand danger is rightly the envy of the world, and they are to be congratulated.
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Some of these cases which have to be decided must raise matters of verygravedifficultyindeed for the officers.
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This is where we come up to agravedifficultyin turning over a voluntary arrangement to a compulsory arrangement.
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What was already an industry ingravedifficultyhas become one whose survival we have been discussing and arguing about amongst ourselves.
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We must accept that in this particular area we are ingravedifficulty.
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But in the towns there isgravedifficultyin managing to park cars.
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We are ingravedifficultyin finding enough benches for bottoms, let alone good accommodation and teachers.
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We have from time to time foundgravedifficultyin retaining employment.
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It took us a lifetime to learn to express ourselves, and even today many men findgravedifficultywhen faced with any kind of authority.
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He anticipatedgravedifficultyand was unable to put forward a solution.
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I must stress that without those services our nuclear power stations would be ingravedifficulty.
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It suffered from onegravedifficultyand drawback.
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We havegravedifficultyin securing convictions in those circumstances.
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We make these demands—if we may call them "demands" by the most generous application of that term—because we have suchgravedifficulty.
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Local authorities are, as we all know, in agravedifficultyabout building houses.
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That would give rise to agravedifficulty.
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Without that knowledge a firm is ingravedifficulty.
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Is he aware that the violent fluctuations in policy in this area have causedgravedifficultyand distress for many parts of the industry?
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