Sentence examples for serious measure from inspiring English sources

What did Manning get for his offer to take a serious measure of responsibility?

By any serious measure, houses in much of this country had become overvalued.

The Crown Prosecution Service wanted to charge him under the law's provisions against bomb hoaxers, a serious measure aimed at a serious public nuisance.

Jayati Ghosh, a professor of economics at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, called the sum "peanuts," dismissing it as a "grandstanding gesture" rather than a serious measure.

Realising that it had failed to hinder al-Jazeera coverage, the Egyptian regime adopted what turned out to be the most serious measure ever taken against the channel since its birth.

"If you start saying, 'Oops, this one can't count,' how the heck can anybody sit there and believe that this is a serious measure of whether or not schools are improving?" Mr. Tobias said he was interested only in accuracy.

He won't be able to take any serious measures.

As late as the 1980s and 1990s, Congress did pass serious measures to control debt.

However many fear this will not be enough and have called on landlords to take more serious measures.

"Channel 4 set out to create a tone that was a little more serious, measured and inclusive.

Mrs Kosor has grown into her role and has begun to take serious measures to tackle corruption.