serious breach

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandbreach

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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breach
noun[C]
uk
/briːtʃ/us
/briːtʃ/
an act of breaking a law, promise, agreement, ...
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(Definition ofseriousandbreachfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofserious breach

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This was clearly a guarantee against anyseriousbreachof the agreement by the donor of pensions.
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In such cases, it is aseriousbreachof moral duty, regardless of the motivations of the strikers or the desperateness of their employment situation.
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This is inseriousbreachof the warrior code, which makes total battle commitment a warrior's chief aim in life.
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Albeit for different reasons both men had committed aseriousbreachof national security.
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Suspension of the agreements in the case of an established, continuous andseriousbreachof the human rights clause is therefore possible.
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Not allowing elected representatives to amend or propose legislation constitutes aseriousbreachof democratic principles.
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This amounts to aseriousbreachof international law.
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If an applicant commits aseriousbreachof his duty of cooperation, there are very few possibilities of imposing sanctions.
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What are the arrangements for investigating what appears to be aseriousbreachof parliamentary rules?
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But, in my submission, there is still aseriousbreach.
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To subject laws retrospectively to a popular vote suggests aseriousbreachof this principle.
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We must do everything in our power to avoid such aseriousbreach.
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We do not subscribe to the idea that if there is aseriousbreachwe should do nothing at all.
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But where they involveseriousbreachof discipline, or serious punishment, there is an appeal and it is open to be exercised.
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Failure to do so would be aseriousbreachof professional practice.
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I do not think that that information constitutes aseriousbreachof security.
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We must ask what is the reason for such aseriousbreachof our promise.
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The amendment would defeat that purpose by removing the possibility of custody forseriousbreachof the requirements of supervision.
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That would be aseriousbreachin the principle that the personal community charge should be a universal obligation.
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