"It will probably take coming very close to the edge before anything of a serious nature comes about."

Though no doctor, I could see in her face that this second attack was of a far more serious nature than the first.

Even while working as a teacher, he used to engage himself in creative writing of a very serious nature.

I understand that this is not sin of a serious nature.

He said finally, "I have something of a more serious nature to tell you.

Now he faces charges of a much more serious nature.

The match continued for some minutes, but no further damage of a serious nature was done.

Despite the serious nature of the attack the Minister survived.

The serious nature of the position was obvious to everyone by then.

Things were going well in the Nursery and they hadn't anything of a serious nature to think about.