The phrase "a harsher level" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a degree of severity or intensity in a particular context, such as rules, standards, or conditions.
Example: "The new regulations impose a harsher level of scrutiny on financial institutions."
Alternatives: "a stricter standard" or "a more severe degree".
In the end, does the president need a harsher level of military options to both deter and punish an aggressor, which means forces sufficient to occupy an enemy and even topple a regime?
Specifically in Idlib, Jabhat al-Nusra also began unilaterally imposing a harsher level of Sharia justice, including stoning men and women to death, restricting women's dress and freedom of public movement, and enforcing the closure of shops during prayer time.
While the sisters have disarmed many of their critics by maturing into gracious champions, they are still scrutinized on a harsh level by jealous peers and by fans who seem to resent two powerful black women leading change.
Since CTBlogger arrived in Danbury in 1987, he has noticed recently a new harsh level of intimidation, harassment and violence towards immigrants after the election of Mayor Mark Boughton, (Republican Candidate for Governor) an outspoken anti-immigrant crusader in the State of Connecticut for the past decade.
What's more, debate is growing over whether harsher levels of austerity would actually work in a deeply depressed economy.
According to the latest U.S. Drought figures, nearly 82% of the state is experiencing an "extreme" drought, the second-harshest level on a five-category scale.
"It is an anguished and necessary effort to avoid the ultimate, deepest and harshest level of the crisis.
In the wake of "Nobody Knows" comes "Turtles Can Fly," written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi, which takes the plight of the parentless to a harsher and less dreamy level of devastation.
"It's a harsh criticism to level, because I'm sure individually people felt as if they were trying hard, but if you're just a couple of per cent off the pace, there just isn't that edge.
In describing these doctrines as "absurd and incompatible," Bodin levels a harsh critique and lays the basis for his response in his Six Books of the Commonwealth.
