Sentence examples for be a rather serious from inspiring English sources

As conceived, the opera was to be a rather serious work with composed recitatives instead of spoken dialogue, and a baritone in the title role.

Attempting to practice ecology admitting only individuals and populations as units of description and interpretation has turned out to be a rather serious form of scientific tunnel vision.

So this may be a rather serious post, but it is not a sad one.

She is very serious about her work - in fact, she is a rather serious person altogether.

"This is a rather serious vacuum in the church's constitutional law," wrote the Rev. James H. Provost, a professor of canon law at Catholic University of America.

Aerodynamic vibration of stayed cables, especially rain wind-induced cable vibrain wind-induceda rather serious problem on the design of cable-stayed bridges.

Thus, in the standard version of the "preference to die" scenario, what is at stake for the earlier self is a rather serious interest in maintaining the integrity of her life narrative.

That said, it's a rather serious breach of trust that something as private as HIV status is being shared in this way, even if it isn't being done with any kind of ill intention.

The Judge at first finds this "a reasonable proposition", but the Counsel argues that from the days of James II, it has been "a rather serious crime / To marry two wives at a time" (humorously, he labels the crime in question "burglary" rather than "bigamy").

Also, in a country such as Ireland where alcoholism is a rather serious matter, it won't hurt to look out for other folks who are driving erratically and appear to be drunk.

"It is a rather dangerous situation, it is a serious crisis with impact beyond Zimbabwe," Mr. Annan told reporters in Nairobi, Kenya.