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‘An offence can be serious.’

[⟨det offence.n⟩ serious.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

No one convicted of a serious violent or sexual offence entitled to receive any welfare benefits whatsoever.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Normal 0 Some liberal blogs are not taking the Internet crime seriously, but this hacking and posting personal information is a serious offence of ID theft.
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In Wikipedia:

In 1860, he introduced a new system to restrict corporal punishment: soldiers were now eligible for flogging only in case of aggravated mutinous conduct in time of war, unless they committed an offence serious enough to degrade them to the second class and make them once again subject to corporal punishment.
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In the British National Corpus:

“It is a serious offence, but it means first-time offenders committing that crime could find themselves in prison.”
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In the British National Corpus:

Access in contravention of these rules will be considered a serious offence.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In their Lordships? judgment, where a whole life term was specified, that was because the judge considered that the offence was so serious that, for purposes of punishment and deterrence, the offender must remain in prison for the rest of his days.
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In Wikipedia:

Among them, a new offence of defensive homicide was created: where the accused’s belief in the need for the force applied in self – defence was unreasonable, s / he may be convicted of an offence less serious than murder.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

But I would suggest that turning one of the world’s greatest living writers into a Bryan Adams fan is a more serious offence than a bit of noshing.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Life imprisonment is the only alternative to punish any serious criminal offence, and not capital punishment if Indonesia wants to move forward in this globalized world.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They’ve also given us examples in the study guide and on every page of the study guide shouts the words, PLAGIARISM IS A SERIOUS OFFENCE!
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

“So, miss Pamela Andrews, has anyone ever told you that breaking and entering is a serious offence?
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In Wikipedia:

By the age of 30 in 2004, he had committed a large number of offences (many when a minor under 18) and spent time in juvenile detention / jail, and was once again in jail for a serious criminal offence.
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In Wikipedia:

But these were only examples of relevant factors, the existence of which neither necessarily meant that the offence is serious nor is necessary for such classification.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

He still maintains that the offence was not serious, and he doubts it hurt me much then or left lasting harm.
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In the British National Corpus:

Judge John Petrie said although the offence was very serious he felt it would be unjust to jail McAteer again as he had already served a sentence in connection with this ongoing dispute.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

At Tuesday’s hearing, judge Amanda Woodcock told Qin, who is married to a Hong Kong decorator, that her offence was so serious it would normally merit a prison sentence.
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In the British National Corpus:

But he said “The offence with which you are charged is so serious that despite your personal mitigating factors a non-custodial sentence can not be justified.”
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In the British National Corpus:

Firearms offences are extremely serious.
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In Wikipedia:

The deputy chief magistrate, Helen Syme, criticised Jones for not issuing an on – air apology to the boy he had named, and said that Jones’ offence was “serious”.
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And 364 more sentences.

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Queried on 2013-05-25.