Compared to them, the arrangement in each corner of the monastery is a grand affair.

The reception was to be a grand affair, and everyone she knew was going.

It is to be a grand affair, for my parents do everything in a big way when they entertain.

They will make a grand affair of all this.

The annual ball at Amsterdam will be a very grand affair.

While most master bedrooms these days are grand affairs, the couple's is tiny, about 120 square feet.

I don't see why you should think it such a grand affair!

The wedding was a grand affair, with lots of media attention.

Think how absorbed I must be in preparation for this grand affair.

It's going to be a grand affair, I promise you.