grave doubt

collocation in English

meaningsofgraveanddoubt

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grave
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪv/us
/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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doubt
noun[C or U]
uk
/daʊt/us
/daʊt/
(a feeling of) not being certain about something, especially about how good or true ...
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(Definition ofgraveanddoubtfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrave doubt

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Inquests and discussions with fire officers have shown that there are grounds forgravedoubt.
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Also, consultants advise—this is very important—that the reliability of a submerged barrier rising from the river bed is open togravedoubt.
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There must begravedoubtwhether such expenditure is justified at such a time as this if the company cannot make its matching contribution.
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I havegravedoubtabout simplifying the task of the valuer.
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The result is thatgravedoubtand uncertainty are created by the method that is adopted of dealing with tax evasion.
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If ever tipping was a virtue, and that is open togravedoubt, it has now become a degraded and distorted shadow of it.
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Here, however, there is agravedoubtabout the extent of the powers of local authorities.
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There is, finally, agravedoubt, in my view, that he was guilty.
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I hope that we shall make inquiries about his safety, which is ingravedoubt.
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When he was appointed there was agravedoubtabout whether the appointment, being under a corporation, did not necessitate a vacancy.
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I am, therefore, still ingravedoubton this issue.
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There is an alderman in my area about whom there has beengravedoubtabout the location of his place of residence.
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This is thegravedoubtthat many of us have at the moment, and my remarks will be addressed to this.
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In other situations a person is harrassed even if there isgravedoubt.
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My firstgravedoubtabout this is its timing.
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The specialist was ingravedoubtwhether the man's condition was due to the accident sustained or to natural causes.
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It is a matter forgravedoubtwhether these arrangements are working.
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We are left ingravedoubtas to how for 12 months this is to operate.
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This castsgravedoubton the theories of political obligation which are at present accepted in this country.
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The whole matter is in verygravedoubt.
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