be hit hard

Malting barley production in Australia was likely to be hit hard in parts of Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria and NSW.

One often overlooked region likely to be hit hard by the price increases is Central Asia, Abbassian said.

Building companies said construction work would become expensive, and commercial construction would be hit hard.

"All of these areas are going to be hit hard. "

He noted that Chinese export companies have small profit margins and could be hit hard, setting off a potential wave of social turmoil.

The state will be hit hard by the weak real estate market, falling government revenue and the Hollywood writers' strike.

The poll shows most people expect to be hit hard by the consequences of recession in 2009.

But local authorities will be hit hard, as they depend heavily on property taxes and land sales.

At the same time Waitrose, which many analysts had thought would be hit hard by the economic downturn, has prospered.

Although crops will be hit hard, no scarcities loom because grain reserves are high.

If the situation continues and even more developers stay on the sidelines, local city governments' finances will be hit hard.

Colleges in some of the most deprived areas will be hit hard if the EMA is scrapped.

More important, Britain will be hit hard by the credit crunch.

The RAF looks certain to be hit hard.

Developing countries were hit hard by the 2008-09 recession and would be hit hard again if there were another developed world contraction.

Other industries could be hit hard - cement, for example, accounts for more than 5 per cent of global CO2 emissions.

Recall that California was one of the first states to be hit hard by the downturn in housing;