But it hoped the increase would send a message that it was serious about controlling inflation.
My Spanish then was not good enough to follow the reports but I realised it was serious.
Justice minister David Ford told the assembly that the Prison Service would have to consider changes to emblems if it was serious about fundamental reform.
It raised its main interest rate to 4.25% on July 3rd to show that it was serious about controlling inflation, which is well above its target ceiling of 2%.
That was a signal that it was serious.
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Luckily, it was nothing serious, but Jeff got to talking to one of the doctors and mentioned that he was interested in pharmaceutical sales.
But it was a serious defensive lapse that nearly let the Rams in as a sloppy back pass from Keane was intercepted and fed into Christie, only for the striker to hit the keeper with the goal at his mercy.
"It was a serious and hard-working session, " State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said about the meeting.
However, they added it was a serious matter and the rules were their for the safety of residents.
"It was a serious speech -- reached out to Republicans, " said Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, the House majority leader.
The company had warned on Monday that it was facing serious financial problems.
Nerys Evans, a Plaid Cymru member of the assembly's broadcasting committee member said it was a serious blow to the industry in Wales.
The match I saw was a derby between Ferencvaros and Ujpest - and let me tell you it was a serious eye opener.
He added staff were enthusiastic to do a good job but that they, councillors and council tax payers had to recognise it was a serious situation.
Keita descends from a noble line in Mali, and when he became a singer in the late '60s it was a serious violation of protocol in his traditional society.
But there was one accusation hurled by Icahn that was not just a school yard insult, it was a serious allegation, and Ackman made sure to respond to it firmly.
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Welsh by birth, American by citizenship, he took over Japan's most admired company in 2005, when it was in serious trouble, and turned it around in the face of immense cultural obstacles.
He believed that it was a serious mistake.
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It was a very serious tone -- he was setting the tone, taking his first steps as president.
It said no child was believed to have come to any harm but that it was a "serious situation".
"It only became an offence a very short time ago as victims dared speak up about the damage it caused them and people woke up to how serious it was, " she said.
Liberal Democrat AM for South Wales West Peter Black claimed it was a "serious lapse of judgement".
And what is reflective -- and it was a very serious meeting about a serious policy issue.
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