Sentence examples for a serious act from inspiring English sources

Whether or not it is equivalent to homicide, it is certainly a serious act of violence towards a human creature.

I know many people for whom visiting a concentration camp is a serious act or even a triumphant one.

An investigation had been launched into whether Amri was preparing "a serious act of violence against the state," Jäger said.

It was a serious act, endangering maritime safety.Akira Sugino Yokohama, JapanGuatemala's murky politicsSIR – You ran an encouraging article on Guatemala ("Edging back from the brink", January 26th).

What at first seems like a serious act of resurrection coalesces as a campy dialogue between a contemporary singer and a period style.

For most actresses, a visit to a hair salon is a serious act, but for Ms. Swinton it was a rite of passage.

Firing a warning shot is a very serious act that can result in unintended injury or death to others.

Mr. Strauss-Kahn, who is alleged to have committed a far more serious act, will suffer more than public embarrassment.

Research shows that the mentally ill, in fact, exhibit low levels of violence, with only 5-75-7percentf all mentally ill persons ever committing a serious criminal act, and rarer still, an act of violence targeting strangers.

Ian McEwan's Saturday (Jonathan Cape) is a lovely and profoundly serious act of engagement with our age.

"An execution is the most serious act a government can undertake," Grisham said.