1.   Drinking and driving is a very serious charge.

2.   There is clearly insufficient evidence for the most serious charges.

3.   These are serious charges that are wholly unfounded and completely false.

4.   Two White House officials were convicted of serious charges and a third got off on a technicality.

5.   More serious charges originally brought against Poindexter were dropped after the Reagan and Bush administrations refused to release confidential documents requested by the prosecution.

6.   Senior officers say more serious charges could follow.

7.   Sheriff Scott told the youths they had appeared in court on a very serious charge, but appeared to have learned from the experience.

8.   The procurator-fiscal insisted on pressing the more serious charge of killing someone by dangerous driving, while being drunk.

9.   Although he was occasionally arrested on more serious charges, he has been convicted only for misdemeanors.

10.   Although the serious charges facing Clinton involve perjury and obstruction of justice, it is impossible to report the story without delving into the relationship.