Sentence examples for start serious from inspiring English sources

It is time "to start serious practical work in this field," he said.

We should go further and start serious debate on public financing of campaigns.

The Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot presidents will start serious talks on reunifying the divided island on September 3rd.

And how much harder is Mr. Obama willing to push Israel and the Palestinians to start serious peace negotiations?

Cheryl Reilly, 48, could not start serious racing until a few years ago, but soon chalked up two championships.

Better, he now thought, to let kids grow up; a more sensible age to start serious training, he said, would be six years old.

The United States and the European Union are ratcheting up economic sanctions in the hope that they will push Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to re-start serious nuclear negotiations after a year's hiatus.

As controversial as the tariff decision is, it is an effective way to jump-start serious talks and can pave the way for a major consolidation of the industry worldwide.

"I only started serious training in January," she says.

The Mets should at least get to.500 before anyone starts serious speculation about whether they can salvage something from a tattered season.

It was at this point, after several successive counteroffensives that saw both sides fighting intensely over the same ground, that the two sides started serious peace negotiations.