Sentence examples for serious mean from inspiring English sources

Charles Clarke, David Blunkett – even mild John Hutton had a serious mean streak.

Despite the undeniable cuteness of ruby-throated hummingbirds (only the male has the red throat), Mr. Story reports that they pack a serious mean streak.

Participants rated the high media frequency diseases as significantly more serious (mean = 7.98, SD = 0.174), than low media frequency conditions (mean = 6.68, SD = 0.316, on a 10-point scale) [F (1, 164) = 12.14, p<0.001].

An example of disease pair presentation can be found in Table 2. Participants rated the high media frequency diseases to be significantly more serious (mean = 7.8, SD = 0.174) than low media frequency diseases (mean = 6.66, SD = 0.174, on a 10-point scale) [F (1, 200) = 73.02, p<0.001].

As intended, responders rated diarrhoea as less serious (mean score 2.9, standard deviation [SD] 1.99) than dizziness (mean score 5.22, SD 2.09) or chest pain (mean score 8.65, SD 1.65).

Clearly this point-scoring theatre is outmoded as a serious means of problem-solving in the 21st century.

Being serious means going into Iraqi Army ammunition depots to find evidence of recently removed missile warheads.

Most ranches are run as a lifestyle, not as a serious means of production, a source of taxes or a source of jobs.

Category 2 refers to a low-risk isolated incident, while category 4, the most serious, means animals were subjected to "avoidable pain, distress or suffering".

"The Adventure of the Speckled Band", for instance, offers the reader no serious means of guessing the outcome; which depends, incidentally, on the hitherto undiscovered poison of a non-existent snake called the "swamp adder".

The founder says it's "Comedy as a serious means for getting thoughts and ideas out".