grave problem
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgraveandproblem
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grave
adjective
uk/ɡreɪv/us/ɡreɪv/
seriously ...
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problem
noun[C]
uk/ˈprɒb.ləm/us/ˈprɑː.bləm/
a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with ...
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(Definition ofgraveandproblemfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This book devotes only perfunctory attention to thegraveproblemof low pension coverage of the labor force.
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And if so, wouldn't that pose agraveproblemfor our construal of the metasemantics of "law"?
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These 11 councillors, by their conduct, have presented agraveproblemto all concerned in the good government of this country.
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In these circumstances does he think that this verygraveproblemcan be handled on a purely national basis?
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My main reason for doing so is that this is only a patchwork attempt at the solution of a verygraveproblem.
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Therefore, we have in this country a verygraveproblemindeed in maintaining full employment on a long-term basis.
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The manager of a travel agency there told me that this noise had become a verygraveproblem.
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In order to find a permanent solution of thisgraveproblemwe must find a new economic policy.
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I repeat that this is far too facile a way of tackling thisgraveproblem.
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I am talking about nonprofit making institutions where a verygraveproblemof this sort exists at the present time.
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I find it very satisfying that soil degradation is recognised as agraveproblemthat must be overcome.
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We are facing agraveproblemin this nation.
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Over the past few weeks, we have faced up to agraveproblemof that nature.
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Have they realised that this is agraveproblemfrom an economic point of view?
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That being so, we have a mostgraveproblem.
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We agree that the question of unemployment is a verygraveproblemat the present moment, and it is growing.
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Emphasis must be placed on giving a higher priority to this verygraveproblem.
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They are creating a serious andgraveproblemwhich will intensify the adverse conditions under which children are living.
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They represent agraveproblemto the people living in them.
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How we face thisgraveproblemcan be a big factor in deciding whether we survive the economic crisis.
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