Example sentences of "serious than [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She agreed to dance with him because , she says , she knew she had nothing in mind but to dance ( line 15 – 16 ) : i.e. from her point of view it was all innocent and involved nothing more serious than dancing . |
| 2 | No one had charged him with anything more serious than naivety and now he was one of the most successful fashion designers in New York . |
| 3 | Are we not dealing with something a little more serious than inconvenience ? |
| 4 | And if all else failed it would probably be an effective , if unsubtle way of letting his wife know that something rather more serious than Marriage Guidance was required to get them out of their marital difficulties . |
| 5 | Guinness ' decision signalled a withering of nablab ale brands which has proved more serious than lager counterparts . |
| 6 | There is evidence to suggest that victims of these other forms of serious sexual assault regard them as no less serious than rape ( narrowly defined ) . |
| 7 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 8 | It should also encompass an intent to have anal intercourse or commit an act of gross indecency since such conduct ‘ would be regarded by many as more serious than abduction for the purposes of sexual intercourse . ’ |