Sentence examples for serious rather than from inspiring English sources

I come across as serious rather than off-the-cuff".

A sport for the serious rather than social rider.

The mood, then, is sophisticated and serious rather than whimsical and teen-focused.

Despite the pejorative tag, these structures were often serious rather than bonkers.

So the Conservative conference, which ended Wednesday, was sober rather than giddy, serious rather than gloating.

In addition, companion robots are evaluated as less anxious and less eerie when their personality is serious rather than playful.

There are moments when the original dramaturgy is just impossible to remedy, and others that you sense he has treated just a little too respectfully, when his production seems a bit self-consciously semi-serious rather than semi-comic.

17 For this reason, the outcome was defined as hospital admission for a serious infection, rather than hospital admission or serious infection in isolation.

"The idea of being cosmopolitan is romanticized, and if not enough attention is given to incorporating local context in an embedded, serious way rather than as an afterthought, the repercussions will be serious," he said.

At first glance, it promises to be a "serious" Coen film, like No Country for Old Men and A Serious Man, rather than fluff such as Gambit or The Ladykillers.

Thus forms (1) and (3) differ from section 20 offences mainly in that there is a specific intention to cause serious harm rather than some harm, and they are therefore the more serious charges.