Sentence examples for biggest strain from inspiring English sources

I'll start with the single biggest strain on the nation's health and health care budget: cigarette smoking.

This, in part, debunks the idea that immigration is the biggest strain on housing – new arrivals tend to live in denser households and take up less space.

But the domestic sensitivity about the abductees precludes this.The biggest strain, however, has to do with the uncertain future of Japan's commitment to the American-led "war on terror".

"The biggest strain on any savings they have is probably some family member who needs the money straight away – it's hard to say no, but this way they can say that they can't get hold of the money for a month," he says.

"With the biggest strain on the electricity network coming at peak time – the time of day when many households return from school and work, cook dinner, and have all sorts of entertainment devices switched on, the project investigated to what extent people could change behaviour during that time," Stavros explains.

The biggest strain of being a manager, to someone who comes to it new in middle age, is that you must think constantly about others.

One of the biggest strains right now in the special relationship between Britain and America is Downton Abbey.

It is the source of "one of the biggest strains on a relationship", according to Relate, the counselling charity.

Often thought of as one of the biggest strains on the environment, London has shown it's doing its bit in reducing the carbon footprint.

But then markets started to plummet, so the sell-off has been slower than expected.One of the biggest strains on the welfare system is public pensions.

But the biggest strains, and the greatest risk of serious damage, are concentrated at the end of the chain: in China itself.So far, China's leaders have managed to keep the tensions brought on by rapid development under control.