Sentence examples for serious test in from inspiring English sources

Bonds have become the destination of choice once again as the equity bull market faces its most serious test in months.

Correction to this articleON FEBRUARY 16th Brazil's new president, Dilma Rousseff, faced her first serious test in Congress, and passed it.

JUST months after becoming Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff now faces a serious test in cooling off the country's red-hot economy.

The two-decade effort to eliminate chemicals that harm the ozone layer faces its most serious test in recent years this week as the Bush administration seeks international support for broad exemptions to a 2005 ban on a popular pesticide.

Though the government won this vote, it faces an even more serious test in November, when Parliament will be asked to approve continuing participation in the United States' effort to curb terrorism.

In view of that, Mr. Racan said he would ask Parliament for a confidence vote next week, putting his coalition to its most serious test in its 18 months in power.

BellSouth had not gone through serious testing in Georgia before seeing what Bell Atlantic did in New York, but has now gone back to conduct such tests.

But even as it stuck with the status quo, OPEC may face serious tests in the near future, as rising production in the United States and elsewhere threatens the cartel's market share and influence in the world.

Wind power as a primary energy source for producing hydrogen, both as long-term utility storage (in aquifers, for instance) for base-load reliability and as transportation fuel, is supposed to get serious tests in Germany starting this year.

Finally, always make sure you're getting sufficient arch support! 5. Are Those Boots Made for Walking?: Don't just check footwear out in the floor mirror; give each pair a serious test run in the store.

If England are to be serious Test contenders again, which in reality means one thing, they must win the series in New Zealand.