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'be even more severe' is a correct and usable phrase in written English
You can use it when you want to suggest that something should be made more extreme than it currently is, or more extreme than it was in the past. For example, you could say: "The punishments for cheating in exams should be even more severe to discourage students from taking shortcuts."
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Retribution might be even more severe.
Alaska Airlines' recent Facebook problems, however, may be even more severe.
And the dilution could be even more severe if Viacom faced significant capital gains taxes on the sale.
What it does mean, however, is that the world's looming energy crisis could be even more severe than anyone imagines.
Yet if American officials are not held legally accountable, the damage abroad could be even more severe.
The reputational costs for Gazprom could be even more severe than a loss of revenue as European customers can turn to more reliable suppliers.
For the impact jof a practically self-executing claim of privilege on the noncriminal objectives of the reporting requirement would be even more severe.
That suggested that the staff reductions at Longbridge, which employs 9,000 of Rover's 30,000 people, could be even more severe than analysts had anticipated.
But delay means that the stock market bubble continues to inflate and that the bust – when it comes – will be even more severe.
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Your alert that global warming is likely to be even more severe than originally believed (editorial, Oct. 28) should wake up voters.
In some ways, the political consequences of a rejection of NAFTA would be even more severe than the economic ones.
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