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heavy-handed approach

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heavy-handed
adjective
uk /ˌhev.iˈhæn.dɪd/ us /ˌhev.iˈhæn.dɪd/
using too much force in dealing with someone, or not giving them enough freedom to act as ...
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approach
noun
uk /əˈprəʊtʃ/ us /əˈproʊtʃ/
a way of considering or ...
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Examples of heavy-handed approach


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It makes no economic sense, and the employer would pay a heavy price if he took that heavy-handedapproach.
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The heavy-handedapproach of these two clauses will provoke just the kind of situation we do not want.
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Most of the charges were based on a much more heavy-handedapproach to matters of domestic subversion than is contemplated nowadays.
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We need a balance between the heavy-handedapproach and saying that it does not really matter.
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Unfortunately, the amendment takes a rather heavy-handedapproach to the problem.
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I am now being asked to apply a heavy-handedapproach, which is inconsistent.
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However, we do not agree with his heavy-handedapproach to the problem.
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However, where difficulties occur it would seem to us to be a rather heavy-handedapproach to turn straight to the law.
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I have had a case showing a very heavy-handedapproach to tenancies and expansion.
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That is a heavy-handedapproach to problems that arise within local authority areas from time to time.
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It is much better to have someone who can deal with such issues and support employees than to take the heavy-handedapproach that some employers are tempted to adopt.
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Their heavy-handedapproach to the issue—their control freakery of wanting to micromanage everything from the centre—overlooks the public service that individuals are prepared to contribute to their local communities, unpaid.
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The purpose of my intervention is to emphasise some of the arguments which have been brought forward for applying a not too heavy-handedapproach in this matter.
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However, it does not require what seems to me the rather heavy-handedapproach of the conscience clause to take into account the difficulties that some teachers may have.
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We know that it is phenomenally difficult to regulate the internet and that those involved in the industry say that they do not favour a heavy-handedapproach.
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Does he think that a heavy-handedapproach?
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His is not a heavy-handedapproach.
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There are two opposite ways for resolving this conflict a political dialogue and the heavy-handedapproach.
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A passive reaction could be construed as endangering the health of society, whereas a heavy-handedapproach can threaten the values of individual liberty and freedom of expression that we cherish.
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