In "a vast swath of litigation" – including medical negligence where the defending side is usually the NHS – "the costs of both sides are ultimately borne by the public, [so] the maintenance of legal aid at no less than the present levels makes sound economic sense and is in the public interest", it says.
It is not entirely implausible to think that doctrines like these stand behind a vast swath of Republican proposals, including the recent budget, with its emphasis on providing greater economic benefits to the rich, transferring the burden to the middle-classes and poor, and especially in its proposals for reducing public services.
Either the report will follow that evidence and describe it forthrightly, in which case a vast swath of the establishment – including MI6, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and Downing Street – will be savaged; or it will dodge behind vague language and redactions, the entire process of official inquiries will be forever discredited, and public contempt will rise dangerously high.
Greer's work spans a vast swath of visual mediums, including oil paintings, mixed-media works, installations, and custom patchwork for Nike and Opening Ceremony.
It is not often noted in Washington policy circles, but the Kurds already hold a vast swath of territory inside the country — including two important dams whose destruction could flood Baghdad — and have at least seventy thousand men under arms.
Under the proposals, a vast swath of Atlantic coast from northern Delaware to central Florida, including about 167m acres of ocean, would be open to drilling.
Stacks of hats line a vast swath of shelves.
That leaves a vast swath of the well-to-do needing, if not wanting, more service.
This carves out a vast swath of activities that are subject to federal regulation.
Mr. Chavkin published a report last year about a vast swath of Central America stricken by a similar, and similarly unexplained, epidemic.
