heavy hand

"Ah, I know that sign: thou'st a wife at home, poor soul, and you and she have gone hungry to bed, many's the time, that the little ones might have your crust; you know what poverty is, and the daily insults of your betters, and the heavy hand of the Church and the king."

Disko dropped a heavy hand on his shoulder, for the man's eyes were wild and his lips trembled as he stared at the silent crew.

And how of you, young sir?" bringing his heavy hand down on Alleyne's shoulder.

As Tarzan's heavy hand fell upon his shoulder the priest dropped his victim, and turned upon her would-be rescuer.

Go." Thus spoke Issus, and the heavy hand of the officer fell upon my shoulder.

I thought that they were about to fall upon me on the spot, and so I laid my hands upon my revolvers; but at length they became more quiet and presently transmitted some command to my Sagoth guard, the chief of which laid a heavy hand upon my arm and pushed me roughly before him from the audience-chamber.

Leaping to his feet he ran for the window; but the ape-man was too quick for him and before he could leap through the sash a heavy hand fell upon his shoulder and he was jerked back and hurled across the room to the opposite wall.

Then, again, it would never do in plain sight of the world's riveted eyes, it would never do, I say, for this straddling captain to be seen steadying himself the slightest particle by catching hold of anything with his hands; indeed, as token of his entire, buoyant self-command, he generally carries his hands in his trowsers' pockets; but perhaps being generally very large, heavy hands, he carries them there for ballast.

What was used here, was a heavy hand and such heavy hands are used quite often in times of war and when other means have failed.

The re-examination results of Combined Copmetitive-2013 by Sind Public Service Commission announced on 26/06/2018 shocked not only the failures but passers as well because the way the results has been managed wittingly is not only a hoodwink to the educated youth of Sindh but also the SCP Judgement dated 13/03/2017, in respect of Suo Motu case No.18 of 2016, whereby the papers are checked by putting heavy hand on the erstwhile failed candidates and favourably lenient hand on earlier so-called passed and allocated candidates.

KARACHI -- The appellate bench of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has come down with a heavy hand on the chartered accountants (ostensibly representing one of the scores of audit firms) who, according to the regulators' findings, 'gave opinion on fake and bogus accounts of 'the company The errant company has not been named but the charges pinned on the firm are in regard to maintaining two books of accounts for the year ended June 30, 2011 which shows wide variationsin the total turn over and net profits.

Their temporary financial set backs, whether from illness, injury, or unemployment, are met with the same heavy hand that was once reserved (and today, should only be used) for the paycheck eater.

He added: "This all smacks of the heavy hand of the state."

Helen continued on in politics and then launched another career as co-founder of a consulting firm that fought for the rights of property owners and against the heavy hand of federal regulation and taxation that was crushing family farms, ranches, and businesses.

On the other hand, few businesses like being regulated, so the interests of the passenger have to be weighed against the complaints of the owners about the heavy hand of government.