1 She resented his high-handed manner.

2 Sophie resented his high-handed manner.

3 She's always so arrogant and high-handed in her dealings with people.

4 Their attitude towards the masses was condescending, high-handed and ultimately dictatorial.

5 Some treated their staff in a high-handed and tyrannical way.

6 His high-handed dismissal of an outspoken professor brought unwanted national attention to the struggling school.

7 But they will not understand a high-handed decision by the Florida Legislature to take the law into its own hands.

8 These high-handed tactics were obviously risky, but they were a calculated risk.

9 The high-handed way in which Washington dropped the idea on its Western partners accounts for some the hostile reaction it has received.

10 The company has a reputation for being high-handed in its treatment of clients.

11 We have got used to his high-handed way.

12 Mr Smith was a high-handed tyrant in his office.

13 Ming period, the rulers take high-handed policy, the integrity of the conduct of civilian suffered a tremendous blow, especially Fangxiaoru death to the then civilian rulers have serious attitude.

14 His high-handed old bullying ways were gone. His face was pinched from pain.

15 Yet Mr Wen is cautious when dealing with high-handed local authorities.

16 He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed.

17 Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude.

18 "You have chosen to act at the instance and behest of (activist) Ms Medha Patkar and others in haste and in a high-handed arbitrary manner, " the statement said.

19 And maybe, just maybe, that awareness could coalesce into a market force that rewards openness and accountability, and punishes arbitrary, high-handed behaviour.

20 I'm really happy that somebody, like Alex, has taken a stand against Apple's high-handed tactics.

21 Sweden has evolved an excellent system for protecting the individual citizen from high-handed or incompetent public officers.

22 Some advocates go further and argue it could also make China's notoriously corrupt and high-handed local governments more responsive to citizens' needs.

23 Without specifically referring to the pub attack, Chidambaram said the Centre had been following developments in the state due to the "mischievous and high-handed activities" of the SRS and RHS.

24 It is certainly true that stick-wielding members of the Young Communist League on the streets of Kathmandu look scary and trade unions allied to the Maoists are often high-handed.

25 She has also implied that she will be more respectful of Argentina's democratic institutions than her sometimes high-handed husband.

1 He wants to be seen as less bossy and high-handed.