He had left a serious relationship behind in Los Angeles and wasn't looking for another.
Indonesia's recent economic and political history has left a legacy of widespread poverty and serious health problems, and has contributed to marked inequalities in health care.
She added: "If I had serious dilemmas, I would have left a long time ago".
The mixture of Morocco's close proximity to Europe, the in-expense of getting there, the poverty in rural areas, and the authorities' tendency to turn a blind eye has left Morocco with a serious problem one that will especially affect children from poorer backgrounds, often forgotten in the financially segregated Middle East.
Let it dry and check to make sure it hasn't left a serious secondary stain in the leather.
He has left it as a serious parliamentary force for the first time in its history.
Japan's long economic slump has left voters with serious questions about the party's ability to manage the economy.
"For the first time, you're starting to see mainstream institutional investors become concerned that the decade-long stock-option binge has left companies with serious, structural earnings problems," said Patrick S. McGurn, the director of corporate programs at Institutional Shareholder Services, a Rockville, Md., group that advises large investors.
First of all, governmental volatility has considerably slowed-down decision-making in all public policy areas, and the fragmentation and disempowering of the administration under Ben Ali has left serious marks on inter-institutional coordination and trust.
The conductor David Zinman, its music director and a founder of its American Academy of Conducting, had left in a serious huff.
