China, as the biggest saver, should bear the brunt of such a shift.
Miyagi, Fukushima and Iwate prefectures further north bore the brunt of the damage from the shock and the ensuing tsunami.
This is especially the case having just been through the brunt of a financial crisis that is likely to be judged the most virulent ever.
These exhausted men carried the brunt of the war.
I seriously doubt their contentions will bear the brunt of close scrutiny.
To unmask the shopping strip's midnight-to-dawn caller, a North Ryde restaurateur who had borne the brunt of the deposits took the matter into his own hands.
His secretary has to bear the brunt of his temper.
Under normal operation about 60 percent of braking power goes to the front wheels which, because of load transfer under deceleration, take the brunt of the retardation duties.
Time and time again, health bears the brunt of short-sighted, narrowly focused policies made in other sectors, such as financial markets, energy use, and food production and trade.
The brunt of the blast is projected straight ahead, forcing a powerful spike of metal, usually copper, into and through the armour.
But other cities such as Beer Sheva and Ashdod have taken the brunt today.
For now, China has been able to avoid the brunt of this reversal.
Normally it would be placed behind the helmet so it wouldn't face the brunt of the blast.
Public spending should certainly take the brunt: there is plenty of scope to slim inefficient Leviathan, and studies of past deficit-cutting programmes suggest they work best when cuts predominate.
A series of dikes and makeshift barricades designed to protect Bangkok from the full brunt of the floods appeared to be holding over the weekend, but experts warned the city isn't out of danger yet.
