31.   The problem is particularly severe in health care, where ill or dying victims can affect the emotions of jurors.

32.   The problem is especially severe in parts of Asia.

33.   The problem is most severe in rural areas, where villages often have no school.

34.   The problem is most severe in booming coastal provinces like Guangdong, which has recorded double-digit economic growth for years because of its proximity to Hong Kong.

35.   The problem is particularly severe in Europe, where economies have been slow to pick up.

36.   The scorchingly hot and dry weather so far this summer has been particularly severe in southern Russia along the Volga River, an important agricultural region.

37.   These symptoms are more severe in the postpartum depression, considered an illness.

38.   This means the implications of a strong electoral performance by the Communists will be much more severe in Russia than similar results have been in Eastern Europe.

39.   While many parts of the country, including the Northeast, are suffering through dry months verging on drought, the situation is particularly severe in Texas and Oklahoma.

40.   A local newspaper reported Tuesday that food shortages were particularly severe in the northern province of Kompong Thom.