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.
This technique uses a claw-formed hand, which through training is developed into a vice-like grip.
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.
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.
He spoke of the vice-like grip in which the regions are held by an over-centralised administration.
None of that is possible if there is a vice-like grip on council spending.
