1.   Car manufacturers should get serious about making security a design priority.

2.   Life was getting very serious for helicopter pilots.

3.   Next month, the battle gets really serious.

4.   The home team have to bear down again and get serious if they want to win the game.

5.   Mike just cats around and never gets serious with any woman.

6.   He was getting more serious about her.

7.   Stuart got serious quickly and popped the question six months later.

8.   A Sierra Club spokesman suggested that it was a sign that the Administration is finally getting serious about global warming.

9.   The couple do get serious when they talk about their work in their environmental consultancy, speaking to companies and giving lectures about caring for the planet.