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The general splendour is gravely threatened by some bum notes.
Margaret Hodge MP, chair of the public accounts committee, said: "Now that much more radical cost-cutting measures are required across government, my committee is gravely concerned about the ability of government to make efficiency improvements on the scale needed.
Carlyle makes these transitions look easy, but the lengths to which he will go in pursuit of what he refers to gravely as truth or honesty are often extreme, bordering on obsessively weird.
'It became apparent over the past year that there has been a number of incidents where people have had near-misses and four children who have actually been hit.' She looks at me, gravely.
The UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, issued a statement condemning the breakdown of the ceasefire, adding he was "gravely disappointed by the return to hostilities" and urging the sides not to allow matters to escalate.
Jonathan Wright This week, the teams have to make and market a new biscuit, which leads to many serious conversations rendered unintentionally hilarious by what they are being forced to discuss: "I've obviously got some experience with biscuits," says one potential team leader, gravely.
Georgina, on email 'Begin at the beginning,' the King said gravely , 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.' Angela, on email 'What a curious helmet you've got!' said Alice cheerfully.
If the state is prepared to abuse its powers and instruments so widely and gravely in cases such as this, where there is a high risk of detection, and if it is prepared to intrude so far into people's lives that its officers live with activists and father their children, what is it not prepared to do while spying undetectably on our private correspondence?
Butler said he was "gravely concerned" that Unesco's world heritage committee would place the Great Barrier Reef on its "in-danger" list when it meets in Doha in June, accusing the government of placing 60,000 tourism jobs and Australia's international reputation at risk with its "cavalier" attitude towards the reef.
For many, the name conjures up a single image: a farmer's child at a country fair, clad in best blue jeans and cowboy boots, gravely leading livestock round a show-ring.
The plight of women, children and the elderly in Jenin has been gravely exacerbated by the denial of access to medical workers, food and water.
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The adverb "gravely " primarily functions to modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, intensifying the seriousness or weight of the action or state being described. As Ludwig AI explains, this usage aligns with standard grammatical rules.
Expression frequency: Very common
