1.   And this one was the most severe of all since the pains started three years ago.

2.   The cuts are the most severe of several recent belt-tightening measures by major oil companies, which have been coping with low oil prices for the last several years.

3.   VBAC, too, has risks, the most severe of which is uterine rupture.

4.   Now, there are no attempts to try to portray his crackdown -- the most severe of his rule -- as legal.