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The phrase "a time of serious" is not correct as it is incomplete and lacks a noun to follow "serious." It can be used in contexts where you want to describe a period characterized by seriousness, but it needs to be completed for clarity.
Example: "We are living in a time of serious challenges that require our attention."
Alternatives: "a period of seriousness" or "an era of gravity."
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"At a time of serious austerity, the Parliament must make an example," she said.
A Greek exit, in addition, would come at a time of serious international challenges to Europe's position.
Also, police overtime could run into the millions of dollars, this at a time of serious budget problems.
For the US Marine Corps and the other military services, the mid-to-late 1970s was a time of serious budgetary constraints.
High school textbooks don't mention the deaths: Instead, the years 1958-62 are described as a time of "serious economic difficulties".
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who ruled since 2005, has died at a time of serious regional unrest – political, economic and social.
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"We have gone through a time of very serious anxiety for this country," Mr Chirac said before cheering crowds at his Paris campaign headquarters.
Not only that, the Conservatives' "free schools" project would be a fundamental waste of money at a time of proposed serious cuts when schools will need every penny they can get.
The Portuguese president, Anibal Cavaco Silva, warned voters they could not complain about what politicians did "at a time of sacrifice and serious doubts about our future" if they did not take part.
Now 15 years later, we get the same evasive answers at a time of even more serious national crisis.
These are radical propositions at a time of fiscal scarcity and serious debate about the fate of Obamacare and health care reform.
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