The phrase "of great severity" is correct and usable in written English.
You might use this phrase when referring to an action or circumstance that has a considerable degree of intensity or strength. For example, "The punishment for this infraction is of great severity."
Three psychiatrists and two psychologists have examined him and agreed he has a "deep seated disorder of great severity".
"I knew Mercadante only as a serious composer, a composer of great severity," he said.
Three psychiatrists and two psychologists have examined Fowkes and agreed he has a "deep-seated disorder of great severity".
To envision a Goldwater government in 1965 was, for most people, to foresee at once a deep crisis in international relations & a Constitutional crisis of great severity & inherent insolubility.
In metallurgical industries accidental contact of molten metal with another substance of much lower boiling point such as water can superheat the latter, causing explosion of great severity and destructive potential.
In a very few cases of great severity (usually neglected cases of considerable age), it may be impossible to obtain sufficient correction unless the astragalus be removed and in such cases the operation should be supplemented by the lateral arthrodesis to be later described.
EV71 is more associated with major outbreaks and causes complications of greater severity, severe neurologic symptoms, and higher rates of mortality than other enteroviruses [ 1- 4].
Our definition of symptom rebound, which was defined as the recurrence of heartburn symptoms of greater severity than reported at baseline, has been utilized in several previously published clinical trials of GERD treatment.
Multiple sclerosis can wax and wane, with episodes of greater severity.
The belittling of one issue by randomly mentioning another of greater severity is a technique specially reserved for silencing women's voices.
Migraine attacks of greater severity can sometimes be treated at the start with ergotamine, sumatriptan, dihydroergotamine mesylate (DHE-45), or caffeine; all of these drugs enhance the effect or supply of serotonin within the brain.
