(1) Pakistan was then, as today, a frontline state and bore the brunt of the economic and social impact of the conflict.

(2) The bottom line is the common risk factors really are carrying the brunt of the burden.

(3) She managed to get a little bit of her arm in the way, but she took the brunt of the force on her middle.

(4) The van bore the brunt of the impact and skidded over forty yards into a stone wall following the collision.

(5) Xander is the most changed, so he's going to bear the brunt of the effects of the virus.

(6) As a result, the families are broken up and children bear the brunt of the developments that follow.

(7) His daughter has to bear the brunt of talk generated by her father's downfall.

(8) The front left-hand side of the bus bore the brunt of the impact and its passenger door was destroyed.

(9) Education will bear the brunt of the cuts

(10) Many of those trapped and injured were in the front first-class carriage, which took the brunt of the impact.

(11) Steven took the brunt of the attack which left him unconscious and needing hospital treatment.

(12) Sales and marketing staff are expected to bear the brunt of the cost-cutting measures.

(13) Rural women bear the brunt of the problems caused by environmental degradation.

(14) As was expected it is the small and medium businesses in which have been forced to face the brunt of the Act.

(15) The poor of the world will have to bear the brunt of the resulting resource degradation.

(16) The front left hand side of the First bus bore the brunt of the impact, and the passenger door was destroyed.

(17) Meanwhile it is the bewildered and shocked members who have borne the brunt of the uncertainty.

(18) The target is probably where you're choosing to focus their effect, absorbing the brunt of the tangle.

(19) There were one or two difficulties on the tiny stage, of which opening band Fever Dog bore the brunt .

(20) As a result, the highlands of East Africa bore the brunt of European colonization.