But those two productions have serious merits, whereas the leading American productions simply trivialize the ballet.
"The sums involved are unusually large, and the details are extraordinarily serious, meriting the double sentence," the court said, according to Xinhua, the state-run news agency.
But though she's able to recognize the serious merits and importance of this pageant, Ms Vitale still can dish and recognize dazzle like the best of them.
"When the evidence is considered as a whole, it is clear that any actions by Harlequins which could be classified as misconduct were not sufficiently serious to merit further significant sanction".
Its proposals merit serious consideration.
The critics' arguments merit serious consideration.
Meanwhile, a backlash contingent argued that Pym's work was too insubstantial to merit serious attention.
Our slush pile fairly often yields stories that merit serious consideration.
Obviously, such a proposal requires special circumstances to merit serious consideration.
All said his reputation for honesty alone would merit serious consideration.
