Example sentences of "be [verb] a serious " in BNC.
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| 1 | This morning was the first time he was to be given a serious piece of work before running later in the week . |
| 2 | He was to bring Patrick back , any way he could , but the girl — if she was in Dublin — was to be taught a serious and possibly fatal lesson . |
| 3 | Access in contravention of these rules will be considered a serious offence . |
| 4 | In Vologsky 's case , as an elitist member of the armed forces , it might well be considered a serious crime . |
| 5 | 1987 ) the court held that the police had wrongly considered the theft of 28 dogs owned by a Hunt as a serious arrestable offence as the loss to the members of the Hunt could not be considered a serious financial loss . |
| 6 | It would not be considered a serious loss by the company and the financial gain to the robbers was not necessarily substantial . |
| 7 | ‘ People who one day hope to be running a serious business enterprise , Charlie Trumper , that 's who . ’ |
| 8 | The Communist Party , he told Mr Gysi , would be making a serious error if he went ahead and fought the planned May elections on a manifesto which simply warned reunification would be a victory for the right . |
| 9 | They are particularly important — and problematic at a time when government policy seems to be introducing a serious tension into the local administration of the education service . |
| 10 | We were a shot over in the second round and I began to wonder whether he would be mounting a serious challenge . |