0 extreme and having a serious and unpleasant effect: --
1 extreme and having a serious and unpleasant effect: --
The government is expected to make swingeing cuts.
They will put a swingeing tax on capital profits.
It could lead to an enormous amount of swingeing over-charging when a person goes to buy a pair of spectacles.
Thirdly, its effect will be rather swingeing because where it does bite it will apply the deemed domicile for all tax purposes.
The swingeing cuts in public investment are likely to cause that downturn.
This constitutes not only a swingeing attack on the public sector, but also calls into question the very concept of public service.
He may have been moderately comfort- ably off, but he was not regarded as a wealthy man on whom we imposed a swingeing tax.
For example, the comptroller ought to be told exactly when he should be using these swingeing powers.
They cannot bemoan the improving financial position of the health service while proposing swingeing cuts.
