None of that is possible if there is a vice-like grip on council spending.
He spoke of the vice-like grip in which the regions are held by an over-centralised administration.
They, like other industries, have suffered from the double vice-like grip of inflation on the one hand and recession on the other, which work together but against prosperity.
We say that the vice-like grip in which the railway regions are held by the centre produces frustration and unwillingness to accept responsibility and interferes with the work.
This technique uses a claw-formed hand, which through training is developed into a vice-like grip.
A particular characteristic of the breed was the lower jaw that projected considerably in front of the upper jaw, which made possible a strong, vice-like grip.
