Sentence examples for that would be serious from inspiring English sources

For him, that would be serious; he had a history of it.

If Beijing single-handedly blocks sanctions against Tehran at the United Nations Security Council, that would be serious.

If it were true that a leading politician had asked a top spy to snoop on his rival, that would be serious enough.

For most of the television business — the segment that relies on advertising — that would be serious cause for concern because ad sales are almost always based on a target age of 25 to 54, and Fox News, for the last two years, has had a median age of 65-plus in its ratings both for the full day and for prime time.

That would be serious money.

In the computer science department here, that would be serious academic misconduct".

If true, that would be a serious N.C.A.A. violation.

For California's cities, many of which have yet to recover from the housing crash, that would be a serious blow indeed.

"There is the danger for the commission that Google's rivals will appeal and that would be a serious headache for Mr. Almunia's successor," said Nicolas Petit, a professor of competition law and economics at the University of Liège in Belgium.

If the SFO and the police launch separate investigations, that would be a serious escalation for HSBC.

Joe Kloc | Daily Dot | 7 September 2013 If the NSA really has worked out how to break the encryption used for banking transactions, that would be "a serious mathematical accomplishment, far beyond being just Internet security".