Everest is a severe test for anyone.
It will be a severe test for the next administration.
It will be a severe test for Ms Kelly.
This year will surely prove a severe test for O'Reilly's legendary sang-froid.
If that is the decision of the England think-tank then it will be a severe test for Root.
"The last 12 months were a severe test for all industry players," Walter B. Kielholz, Swiss Re's chief executive, told reporters.
The bio-pic of an artist is a severe test for a filmmaker, because the subject will be reduced and deadened by anything less than great inspiration.
SHINNECOCK IS BEING LENGTHENED: Shinnecock Hills is being extended to at least 7,000 yards for the 2004 United States Open to ensure it remains a severe test for power hitters like Tiger Woods.
Tonight's Bundesliga curtain-raiser, away to fourth-placed Hamburg, will be a more severe test for the eternal champions but Philipp Lahm is already convinced that his side are unstoppable domestically.
In the race itself this will be a severe test for the inexperienced Ajtebi to get the fractions right up the straight mile if, as expected, he sets out to make the running on Gladiatorus.
