1.   A drop in voltage can be more serious than a power cut.

2.   After a while, I realised he was serious.

3.   Although the majority of sporting injuries are relatively minor, a substantial number are more serious.

4.   Bacterial meningitis is quite a rare disease but it can be very serious and requires urgent treatment with antibiotics.

5.   Being the platoon leader, he was serious about being a soldier first, a pilot second.

6.   But if we are really serious about personal responsibility, and believe that everyone should be equal, things must change.

7.   But Rose was serious, hissing in her ear to behave properly, just concentrate.

8.   But the proposed changes are serious.

9.   Deep in his sick brain his survival instinct warned him his injury was serious.

10.   Do you think she was serious when she said she used to be an actress?