Sentence examples for serious instance from inspiring English sources

The bounty scandal involving the New Orleans Saints, which broke last March, has retreated from the news, but it remains the most serious instance of corruption in N.F.L. history since 1963, when the Green Bay Packers running back Paul Hornung and the Detroit Lions defensive tackle Alex Karras were suspended for a season for betting on games and hanging out with professional gamblers.

Even before today, the scandal was the most serious instance of corruption in the history of the troubled Los Angeles Police Department, but its growing breadth and the systematic nature of the corruption, which apparently went unchecked for years, has raised questions about the ability of the department to monitor its officers.

The most serious instance of a second-order neglect of relevant futures is the ignorance of invisible groups.

Still, a truly satisfactory and, if one may say so, serious instance of axiomatization of a branch of knowledge was not available in print until 1882, when Moritz Pasch (b. 1843, d. 1930) published his Lectures on Modern Geometry.

It is troubling enough that someone can experience a serious instance of state brutality once in their life.

There have been at least two other serious instances, and at least one led to the punishment of military personnel.

Minor crashes in one or another stock, generated by trading algorithms, happen frequently, and there have been serious instances.

Women were more likely to respond to online abuse and harassment emotionally as well as to report serious instances to police.

Re "More Science, More Fraud": As a cell biologist, I have read and heard of at least a dozen serious instances of scientific misconduct in biological sciences.

The defence force has been marred by several scandals and serious instances of abuse in recent years, and has been subject to a review by the Australian sex discrimination commissioner, Elizabeth Broderick.

The nationwide survey of 16-25 year-olds found that half of those who were bullied reported mental health issues such as anxiety and depression, with some reporting more serious instances of self-harm and suicidal thoughts.