Rerne does not ask that you agree; he merely requires that you report, and that the matter be taken under sober consideration.

These conversions are followed by a pause, which is long and weighty enough to indicate that we are giving sober consideration to the matter.

Perhaps, with sober consideration, they will reverse their decision.

He admitted he had been reticent that morning, but now, on sober consideration, he felt William should know the whole truth.

But sober consideration caused her to realize that she had two excellent reasons for concealing her immunity.

Although their brief spell as lovers had given her hope, time and sober consideration told her that there was none.

The three judges on the appeals court panel gave sober and extended consideration to how offended they should be.

"We would like to see a more sober consideration of the consequences," said Daniel O'Flaherty, vice president of the council.

Ealstan studied her: more nearly a grown man's sober consideration than the way he'd looked at her the last time they met.

In view of this, its application should be a matter of sober consideration.