The phrase "a state of serious" is not correct and incomplete in written English.
It may be intended to describe a serious condition or situation, but it requires additional context or words to be complete.
Example: "The patient was in a state of serious distress after the accident."
Alternatives: "a condition of severity" or "a situation of seriousness."
But this is no time to dismantle something that's already in a state of serious disrepair.
Alas they are in a state of serious disrepair and the restoration work will cost upwards of £130,000.
Raymond P. Parr II Castro Valley, Calif., Feb. 8, 2010 To the Editor: "Have Faith in Love" is an excellent illustration of why the Episcopal Church and all other liberal churches in America are in a state of serious decline.
"The tower is in a state of serious deterioration," said Ken Lustbader, director of the sacred sites program of the Landmarks Conservancy, the group that helped assess the damage to St. Martin's tower.
But the event also offers a good time in a good cause: restoration of his Yalta villa, shown by biographer Rosamund Bartlett to be in a state of serious disrepair.
The concert began with a hushed, taut performance of Ives's "Unanswered Question," a good way to settle the audience into a state of serious listening for an exceptionally fine concert.
Pope John Paul II called for the changes in an apostolic letter, which also said, "It is clear that penitents living in a habitual state of serious sin and who do not intend to change their situation cannot validly receive absolution".
Approximately, 80% of acute infections with HCV fail to clear spontaneously and progress to a state of chronic infection with serious long-term sequelae.
Protein malnutrition is a phenomenon that could be observed in HF when patients develop a state of cachexia and represents a serious negative prognostic factor.
Said simply, for the first time in a generation, information technology's supply chain is in the state of serious disruption.
Governor McGreevey signed a law last week that would give hospitals more confidentiality when notifying the state of serious mistakes.
