Sentence examples for underscoring the severity from inspiring English sources

Nearly 60% of China's underground water is polluted, state media has reported, underscoring the severity of the country's environmental woes.

Underscoring the severity of the attack, Russia's interior minister, Boris V. Gryzlov, said today that he would personally oversee the investigation.

Underscoring the severity of the attack, Mr. Putin flew to Ingushetia and met with the president, Murat M. Zyazikov, and other officials.

Underscoring the severity of the situation in the area, last month the Myanmar parliament backed the motion to continue martial law in Kokang, giving the military sweeping judicial and administrative powers.

Even as those talks took place, Bear Stearns simultaneously prepared to file for bankruptcy protection in the event a deal could not be struck, underscoring the severity of its troubles.

The overall figure was better than the 5percentt economists had forecast, but the rise in the rate for men to 5.2percentt from 5.1percentt in February was seen as underscoring the severity of the situation.

Reports today that the Governor will resign underscore the severity of the crisis.

"Today's survey underscores the severity of California's drought," said DWR director Mark Cowin.

That a retailer already committed to penny-pinching would cut back further seemed to underscore the severity of the recession.

The acquisition, backed by the Federal Reserve, underscored the severity of the credit crisis in the United States and the weakness of the American economy.

"This investigation underscores the severity and scope of a multibillion-dollar software swindle over the Internet," said Robert C. Bonner, the customs commissioner, "as well as the vulnerabilities of this technology to outside attack".