Sentence examples for big drain from inspiring English sources

Pakistan and India could cut defence spending, a big drain on both their budgets.

A big drain on the public purse is subsidised domestic gas prices.

Mailings by banks to customers dropped 18percentt from 1996 to 1999, another big drain.

But as Malcolm Turnbull once said that would turn into a very big drain on the budget.

Out-of-pocket medical costs were a consistent big drain on the wallets of residents 65 or older.

Air-conditioning is another big drain: 450 people in the main auditorium take a lot of cooling.

“The two big drains to liquidity for AIG are credit default swaps and the securities lending program,” said Nick Ashooh, a spokesman for the insurance company.

You cannot afford any big drains to your energy, and you can't afford to miss too many ways to replenish it.

The biggest drain has been the Olympic Village.

But soda is probably a bigger drain on taxpayers' money than smoking.

Still, the biggest drain could be the International-style landmark's most lauded features.