All at once, the Buddhist priest burst into laughter, spoiling the solemn atmosphere.

The economy recorded a negative growth.

The bank rate cut is expected to relieve the severe financial squeeze that has hit industry.

This sees English as a system obeying miles of grammar and sentence structure which have to be learned in detail and applied rigorously.

Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.

Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.

The following descriptive analysis was derived from over 1500 closely-monitored questionnaires.

This year the region has been hit by a severe drought.

From the viewpoint of tissue culture, the environment for this experiment should be more rigidly defined.

Major Cold: It's the day of the year that the cold is most severe, but you could also say that Spring is just coming around the corner.

The allies condemned the invasion as a violation of UN resolutions.

He gave up under the severe training he faced.

His conduct is open to grave objection.

It is the case that those who live on a pension are forced to lead a hard life.

He defends suicide on the grounds that one's self-dignity is more important.