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That stuff doesn't really hold the interest of serious-minded people.

A traditional, serious-minded man was offering her a very serious part of himself.

This is what worried many of them, especially the more serious-minded.

But much of the conference business was serious-minded in traditional academic style.

What bothered him was that none of them seemed serious-minded.

For the serious-minded person, a sober gray is also available.

And you are never too old, I later found, to take pleasure being among serious-minded people who have the same desire to learn.

A serious-minded man enjoys a good laugh now and then.

Nor, of course, is he the first pop star to be involved in some way with serious-minded dance.

But I confess to a less serious-minded curiosity about the case.

The more serious-minded are put off by my Froby act.

You're just the sort of serious-minded young squirt they want and need.

He should not have been teaching this unfinished, serious-minded security officer how to play a game.

Serious-minded people talk of a “currency war” between America and China.

He is a serious-minded manager who holds people accountable for their performance.

Yes, in a single day he had accomplished what his more serious-minded companion would have taken weeks to effect.

It's part of a strategy to come off as a serious-minded candidate in sober times.

Colin is not a serious-minded person; and he takes but little interest in old family friendships.

"And they worry about this country, when even the little girls are so serious-minded," he remarked to himself.

That is true, but we do need to emphasise the importance of reporting in a serious-minded way.

But a serious-minded character like Harl might find the truth difficult to understand.

A very serious-minded student in 1-A whose head resembles that of a crow's.

Even serious-minded politicians were required to dance and sing for their votes.

They were good-looking young men, serious-minded and intelligent, or so he should judge.

He cut across all the associations of serious-minded men.