The Russian system would categorize threats as blue, yellow and red, in order of seriousness.
And we appreciate very much the order and seriousness with which everyone has addressed this matter.
Mill concluded that his conduct was "of a completely different order of seriousness".
Police corruption of the type currently under investigation, he says, is of a different order of seriousness.
The jury was instructed to decide the most serious charge first, and then move on to the next charge (in descending order of seriousness) only if it acquitted on the previous charge.
Mr. Blueford was charged under four theories, in decreasing order of seriousness: capital murder (though the state did not seek the death penalty), first-degree murder, manslaughter and negligent homicide.
Unlike teaser-style campaigns that promote fake candidates for a while before revealing their marketing purposes, the Vassilaros campaign dispels in fairly short order the seriousness of Mr. Vassilaros's candidacy.
The jury was instructed to consider the offenses one at a time, in descending order of seriousness: it could proceed to the next charge only if it voted unanimously that he was not guilty of the previous one.
I will try to deal with them in order of seriousness, from least to most.
Here (in order of increasing seriousness) are the plays that impressed me the most.
