Sentence examples for for very grave from inspiring English sources

Exchanging dead or captured Taliban commanders in Pakistan's tribal areas for a vastly increased terrorist threat in the West means exchanging very limited and temporary tactical success for very grave and long-term strategic failure.

The review opened with a sentence that has since been widely quoted: "That such a book as this should have been permitted to go forth to the world with the imprimatur of the University of Cambridge, affords matter for very grave reflection".

Sir John's ruling named solicitors responsible for "very grave failures" of disclosure in three cases.

In addition, more than a dozen chief executives from the nation's biggest financial services firms wrote a joint letter to President Obama and members of Congress on Thursday warning of "very grave" consequences for the economy and the job market if an agreement wasn't reached.

In one post, Sihanouk offers his theory for why the French soccer star Zinedine Zidane head-butted the Italian player Marco Materazzi during the 2006 World Cup final: It must have been in response to "words of very grave, extremely grave insult".

Although Vatican officials have not publicly detailed their specific objections to the choice of Bishop Lei, they said he was rejected for "proven and very grave reasons" that he and other bishops are well aware of.

The situation for women in Turkey is, she believes, now very grave, for which reason she is happy for her film to be regarded as a contribution to the increasingly muscular and conflicted debate surrounding their rights, their freedom.

McGuinness said: "Ultimately, Cardinal Brady's response is a matter for himself and the church, but it is a very grave situation for survivors of abuse, for the Catholic church and for Catholics across Ireland.

"The threat that Iran poses is very grave for the state of Israel, for peace in the Middle East and the whole world," Netanyahu said in November 2009, repeating variations on this statement on several occasions.

Were this objection pertinent only to the exact sciences, it would not be serious, for these sciences attend to their own applications, but the objection becomes very grave for the field of ethics.

More than 90 people were still missing early Wednesday, and the police warned that they had "very grave fears" for some of them.