We had to pay for this by seriously lagging behind and we will be paying for it for a long time.

Authorities also acknowledged that the economy seriously lagged behind the non-communist industrialized countries in application of new technologies.

While women lagged seriously behind men in educational attainment in 1968, young women have all but closed the gap.

Then, as now, Russia's main focus was inward, in particular on modernizing a society and an economy still seriously lagging behind their Western counterparts.

The reading achievement of boys seriously lagged that of girls.

Britain seriously lags behind its continental neighbours in provision for child care for working parents.

There is little real innovation in Europe and, what is worse, the development of medicines to fight the worldwide health crisis, is seriously lagging behind.

But at the same time there are countries which are lagging seriously behind in the on-going process.

Cady began to lag seriously after that.

MOST mutual fund investors have only themselves to blame if their portfolios seriously lag behind the market.