Sentence examples for serious undertakings from inspiring English sources

This is unusual because philanthropy in India has – much like the government – been slow to offer patronage to serious undertakings in culture.

Whimsical but emboldening, hovering above the Doc in question like a tribunal of ghostly ancestors, the Google creatures give cover to pranks and also to serious undertakings, such as the electrifying "Shitty Media Men" list, from last October.

Beyond this, casual observation suggests that in many countries more fresh public resources have been devoted to expanding enrollment (e.g., conditional cash transfers have proliferated) than in serious undertakings to improve the production of skills.

At first glance, O'Leary's danceathon may seem less proudly chest-beating than these serious sporting undertakings, but the very ordinariness of the idea – apparently agreed to when he was drunk – was the secret of its appeal.

Since war is the most serious of government undertakings, we could safely say this is as important a feature of his time in office as anything else.

It has been labelled "more serious" than her previous undertakings, and features extensive historical detail.

Featuring significant historical detail, it has been labelled "more serious" than her previous undertakings; one reviewer felt it resembled a historical narrative more than a novel.

Alex Chisholm, the CMA's chief executive, said: "Breach of these undertakings is a serious matter and we have directed First Trust Bank and HSBC on the actions they must take to immediately correct the situation – so that it is clear to both their staff and their SME customers that obtaining a business loan is not dependent upon opening an account".

Solemn and binding undertakings from Pfizer without serious sanctions by the government as a dominant customer would be a worthless placebo which we mustn't swallow".

The seides were believed to protect the people and bring them good fortune in their undertakings.

Serious because it affects the operating costs of our undertakings, which are paying a very high price for the lack of a harmonised air traffic control system in Europe, and urgent because each time there is a disruption, not only does this involve losses for our undertakings, but also incalculable inconvenience for our citizens.