They have now, at this moment, had well over four and a half years to make some serious progress toward a political solution.

Becoming a legal state has long been our ultimate goal, and we have certainly made serious progress in this direction over the past several years.

By the time the Ottomans were making serious progress, it was too late.

"This is a good sign that they are making serious progress," the diplomat said.

From then on, the mosaic floor scheme began to make serious progress.

Will world leaders make serious progress in resolving the financial crisis today?

I think that does not allow adequate time for serious political progress to be made.

It looks as though we may be making serious progress at last.

I am pleased that we are starting to make some serious progress on it.

I hope too that we can make similar serious progress on fisheries agreements.