1.   Although that crisis seemed serious then, compared with the present threat to the world banking system, it was small beer.

2.   Of the other runners, Yavlinsky seems most serious.

3.   Although none are likely to be fired, Police Commissioner Howard Safir seems serious about punishing officers who failed to aid citizens in trouble.

4.   Also, I will give her the telephone numbers of individuals who seemed serious in offering a legitimate bid for the jersey.

5.   Anyway, the new owners do seem serious about winning back the fans.

6.   Bezos seems serious about shifting gears.

7.   Bush willfully suppresses his charisma in order to seem serious.

8.   But he seems serious about breaking the presidential habit of secretly siphoning public money into PRI campaigns.

9.   But it did not seem serious, she said.

10.   But reporters who heard the remarks Tuesday said that Mahlangu seemed perfectly serious.