I have an emergency of the most serious proportions, and only you can help me.

The strike by the Naval ratings soon took serious proportions.

A downturn could expose the deficit as a weakness of serious proportions.

The altercation reached serious proportions, since the mother has a fractured finger.

By the second quarter of the tenth, they had become a problem of serious proportions.

The protest reached serious proportions when an official strike was declared on 20 June.

It was a breach of protocol of the most serious proportions.

In the 9th century, the Viking challenge grew to serious proportions.

"We're in the middle of a fire situation of serious proportion, and we're fighting it with everything at hand."

Madam President, doping in sport has already reached serious proportions.