Sentence examples for gravest weakness from inspiring English sources

"The gravest weakness of British Labour is... its lack of creed.

This was developing into a bad week for the Tories until it was stood on its head because of Labour's gravest weakness.

Even if it did everything else right, Germany's overreliance on exports at the expense of consumer spending has proved a grave weakness in a downturn (see article); its banks also look weak.

That was a grave weakness, considering that the State Department issues passports and visas for travel to the United States.It seems like the problems Mr Scheuer noticed at the State Department in 2004 still haven't been fixed.

That was a grave weakness, considering that the State Department issues passports and visas for travel to the United States.If someone fears that the Romanised version of his name has been flagged, he can choose a new (but linguistically correct) transliteration, and then establish that spelling gradually by using it on low-level documents such as a gym membership card or a lease agreement.

This is a grave weakness (some will think it an invalidating one) but it is also what enables Cimino to attain something approaching the tragic grandeur of a popular epic… The Deer Hunter is a rich and powerful picture that without a trace of patronisation or the slightest touch of cultural superiority, speaks eloquently for the inarticulate.

Napoleon sent his army north in pursuit of the Allies, but then ordered his forces to retreat so he could feign a grave weakness.

But America's post-war boom disguised grave weaknesses in the company's management.

But it should be acknowledged that the Ryan plan has several grave weaknesses.

Second, the steel dispute has exposed grave weaknesses in the young and fragile system for multilateral dispute settlement.

Chrystia Freeland is to be commended for her essay "How to Succeed in Business Journalism" (Aug. 22), which points to journalism's grave weaknesses in covering the financial crisis.