Contract and agency staff are expected to bear the brunt of the new cuts.

The north and east are expected to bear the brunt of icy winds from the east.

And society will bear the brunt of it.

However, monetary policy - interest rates and quantitative easing - should bear the brunt of restoring the economy to health, he said.

Hospital consultants, judges, senior civil servants and local authority chiefs will bear the brunt of new restrictions on tax breaks for pension saving.

Several times the pilots had to face the brunt of hostile fire.

He said that those responsible for the upheaval of 2000 should face the brunt of the law, but that those who had followed them should not be punished.

Managers and supervisors are facing the brunt of the problem, suggesting that some have been promoted to a role they are not suited for.

Whatever meager rations remained were sent to the troops fighting the war, so the civilian population faced the brunt of the famine.

We felt the full brunt of it as the marathon course hit an exposed headland with just six kilometres to go.

But now they will have to bear the full brunt of excessive currency strength.

I assumed a quasi-crash position, allowing him to bear the full brunt of landing.

Economists believe that top earners who escaped the full brunt of previous recessions are among those hardest hit.

The owners of the local hotel said they were 'devastated, tired and defeated' after 'receiving the full brunt of the water'.

As often happens, when the big guys go to war, it's the little guys who suffer the brunt of the damage.

Intellectuals were to suffer the brunt of these attacks.

Part-time workers suffered the brunt of the job losses, suggesting that companies are looking for quick ways of cutting costs.

Their critics claim that the country's majority black population suffers the brunt of the violence.

Its premium seats have suffered the brunt of the slowdown.