"I am here to inform my subjects of a grave matter."

And that's a very grave matter, view it how you will.

"This is not the place for us to settle the grave matter of your marriage," he said.

"This is a very grave matter," an American official said.

There are cases where repeat offenses may become a grave matter.

Then he said: "I can see that this may turn out to be a grave matter.

I can get hold of them any moment, but there are other very grave matters that command my attention.

But there is to be no lingering over grave matters.

This is a grave matter upon which the fate of many may depend.

But this morning he came to me and begged that you would see him on a grave matter.