Almost 3 million French people are now out of work, the severest unemployment in 12 years.

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Murder in the name of honour will be punished by the severest penalties available in law.

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Most show little or no symptoms, but in the severest cases the cells of the body are starved of energy.

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Although the severest of these storms may only strike every few years, these are always the months of heaviest rainfall.

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Even if found guilty, the severest sentence is life imprisonment since the death penalty is no longer on the books.

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In winning almost 26% of the vote in the first round, Ms Royal has done far better than her critics, the severest of whom are in her own Socialist Party, feared.

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Remember, she took over at exactly the time that the Welsh budget, along with the rest of the UK was about to face the severest cuts since devolution, and by a long way.

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The severest possible consequences.

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