Sentence examples for sufficiently grave from inspiring English sources

The underlying assumption, it seems, was that because he was not sufficiently grave and dull, his claim to "literature" was suspect.

In an interview, Mr. Friedmann, an academic critical of the Israeli justice system, was careful not to speak about Mr. Olmert, while supporting independent oversight to ensure that prime ministers are investigated only "if the matter is sufficiently grave".

Anna's mother had experienced abuse by police because of her religious beliefs; Jasmine's mother had been imprisoned for her husband's political activities, but neither had been granted asylum - their persecution was not seen as sufficiently grave to warrant refugee status.

Altham argued that the pain from which he suffered was sufficiently grave to engage article 3 and that the state, by criminalising the only means he had of dealing with it, was in effect subjecting him to that pain.

Admiral Leahy said he felt that four new battleships, which were provided for in the Navy bill, would be started before the end of the year, but he added that they would not exceed 35,000 tons each, since the President did not regard the situation abroad as sufficiently grave to warrant an expansion of the tonnage or building program.

The incident was first reported in November 2008 by the Danger Room blog of Wired magazine, and then in greater detail by The Los Angeles Times, which said that the matter was sufficiently grave that President George W. Bush was briefed on it.

"We came to the conclusion that the situation was sufficiently grave enough that it was important that the Venezuelans understood that we thought moving toward early elections was the best way to resolve this," Mr. Shannon, deputy assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, said this morning as he prepared to return to Washington.

The latent powers of the Catholic Church to mobilise the faithful when an issue is sufficiently grave?