Preposition: about

• career: Module 3: You've completed either or both of the previous modules, now you're serious about a career in travel reporting.

Modifies a noun

• injury: A well aimed kick from them can smash the skull of a hunting dog or inflict serious injury on a lion.

• illness: A serious illness obliged him to retire in 1919.

• consequence: Any breach of this action could have serious consequences for the club.

• offense: It is a serious offense to discharge waste at sea or into harbor waters.

• threat: Right now, today, the truck bomb is a much more serious threat than the logic bomb.

• problem: Are there really serious problems with the law here?

Modifying Another Word

• potentially: She has also had to cope with potentially serious mechanical problems.

• extremely: Types of incidents vary from the extremely serious to the apparently minor.

• very: At least two policeman also had very serious face injuries from the stones flying through the air.

• particularly: Such trends, if generalisable, would have particularly serious implications for the quality of women's employment.

• too: Apparently these things will bite, but it's not too serious.

• pretty: Its a pretty serious charge so where's the evidence?

Infinitive complement

• warrant: In certain circumstances other matters not listed above may also be considered serious enough to warrant summary dismissal.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Meanwhile the situation throughout the area was becoming more serious.

• get: Sounds to us like she's about to get serious.

• consider: In certain circumstances other matters not listed above may also be considered serious enough to warrant summary dismissal.

• look: I would rather they were a little like me. ' He stops looking serious now.

• remain: We remain serious, the girl serving becomes confused.

Preposition: in

• tone: The remainder of the extras are much more serious in tone and definitely for the older viewers.