"This board has had serious racial divisions for years," he added.

In 1832, the society suffered a serious division.

But serious divisions have emerged in several areas, abortion prominent among them.

In pagan society there may have been (I do not know) some such serious division between the free man and the slave.

But this does not obscure serious divisions appearing within some denominations.

The episode is just one sign of how the current economic crisis has deepened already serious divisions in Mexico.

But the Senate has serious divisions of its own.

The serious divisions between the western and eastern sections of Virginia had been simmering for decades.

After serious division of opinion which nearly led to a complete breakdown, terms were finally signed on October 10.

"But we thought that there was a serious division in the Chinese leadership, and the only way to resolve it was to force the issue."