Sentence examples for not less severe from inspiring English sources

Their actual effect may well be the opposite -- to make punishment more, not less, severe.

Evidence shows that the parents accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter with an overdose of prescription medication should be tried for first-degree murder, not less severe charges, the Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled.

Although uncertainties remain meaning that actual temperatures might be lower even on a worst case scenario, the authors of that paper warned that their research proved "a higher risk that we will experience more severe, not less severe, climate change than is currently forecast".

But she believes the findings indicate "that we will experience more severe, not less severe, climate change than is currently forecast".

Based on anecdotal evidence, the restrictions in ART initiations for in lower-level health centers surrounding the Mbarara ISS Clinic in southwestern Uganda were more – not less – severe.

This is because existing scores have been developed principally to identify patients at risk of renal replacement therapy (RRT) which is rare and not less severe AKI, which is also associated with poor prognosis but occurs with greater frequency [ 6].

Thirdly, the number of relapse events captured is likely to be an underestimate as the criteria (evidence of MS-related hospitalization or IV/oral corticosteroid use) did not capture less severe relapses that would not have resulted in a hospitalization or corticosteroid use.

There was no blood or open wound — there usually are not in less severe traumatic brain injuries.

Football helmets are tested for only the extremely high forces that may otherwise cause a skull fracture, not the less severe forces believed to cause concussions.

Football helmets worn at all levels are held to an industry standard that addresses only the extreme forces that would otherwise fracture skulls, not the less severe impacts that are believed to cause concussions.

An affirmative finding would be a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b), and mean that the buyer's felony is actually the seller's distribution of the drugs to him, and not the less severe misdemeanor of purchasing drugs for personal use.