Sentence examples for were severe enough from inspiring English sources

Mr. Wood's mental problems were severe enough that one jury found him incompetent to stand trial.

"I was told," Comey recalled, "that my wounds were severe enough to warrant a discharge".

In about 15 cases, the violations were severe enough that the agency forced the establishment to sell its liquor license.

Democratic senators said the problems in rural American were severe enough to warrant their strategy, but Senate Republicans objected.

Last year, he said, about six storms were severe enough that they would now warrant a name.

The sentences were severe enough to pacify Iranian hardliners but lenient enough to save Iran from diplomatic punishment.

"Although circulatory systems functioned for a brief time, the effects of the depressurisation were severe enough that the crew could not have regained consciousness.

He was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 for raping his 8-year-old stepdaughter, whose injuries were severe enough to require emergency surgery.

All these conditions, I suppose, can be considered life-threatening, although none of them were severe enough to merit referral as inpatients.

Still, Mark Emmert, the president of the N.C.A.A., said Friday that he would not rule out any punishment if a program's violations were severe enough.

In a deposition last year, David Cohen said that Hadid lost his position in the Intelligence Division because of "performance issues that were severe enough to warrant his departure".