Sentence examples for seriousness extended from inspiring English sources

In Bond v United States, the Supreme Court considered whether this law "deal[ing] with crimes of deadly seriousness" extended to "a purely local crime: an amateur attempt by a jilted wife to injure her husband's lover".The Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Ms Bond's favour on June 2nd.

The limits of that seriousness extended, in one direction, to the dumbing down of the Crusades in Ridley Scott's "Kingdom of Heaven," which bombed, and in the other to the fast-paced Mensa test of Stephen Gaghan's "Syriana," whose narrative strands threatened to strangle all but the most attentive viewers.

Ms. Zalkind, who has seen portions of the state's plan while working in an informal advisory role, gave a nod to the state for acknowledging the seriousness of extended stays.

A demand for fast-track legislation as evidence of Athens' seriousness would extend the deadline that European leaders themselves had imposed on Greece for coming up with a workable bailout plan.

It's difficult to know if he's joking or not, and this interplay between seriousness and humour extends to his art.

Frayn began light, writing topical and humorous columns for the Guardian, but has extended his reach and seriousness while keeping a sprightly intellectuality.

It will still allow for speculative searches on the DNA profiles of non-convicted individuals, but eliminates their indefinite retention by establishing retention periods (until three years, plus two years if extended by court decision) differentiated according to the seriousness of the suspected offence.

The corset of seriousness suddenly fell away, and the singer came alive, finding an animation and charisma that extended throughout the set and into the encores.

Talks extended?

d Extended.

Jackman extended.