1.   His illness is more severe than the doctors first thought.

2.   This is because segregation within any given workplace is more severe than that shown by national statistics covering all workplaces.

3.   You will note that it is a typical example of Viennese Baroque - so much more severe than Prague Baroque.

4.   He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe than beautiful.

5.   Although he liked parades and reviews, his inclinations were not really militaristic.

6.   To date, losses over the Arctic and the northern hemisphere are less severe than this.

7.   The consequences of being on the receiving end of such a notice are, of course, little less severe than when an expulsion is put into effect.

8.   Although Hurricane Mitch visited the area at the end of October, its impact on the tourist infrastructure was less severe than on other facilities.

9.   Although more concentrated, the devastation in Oklahoma is in many ways more severe than what he observed during the Northridge earthquake, Shroeder said.

10.   And drinking in the Northeast is more severe than in other parts of the country.