Sentence examples for burden is split from inspiring English sources
Amid the recession, much of the debate between the candidates revolves around how the election would affect homeowners hit with sharply higher property tax bills and whether the balance of the tax burden is split fairly between residential taxpayers and businesses.
Presenter Jane Garvey will reveal the results of a ComRes poll examining the nation's attitude to household chores – and, crucially, how the burden is split between men and women.
Back in the 1980's, the state-local tax burden was split evenly.
Before rail privatisation got under way, that burden was split around 50 50, but today two-thirds of the cost of the railways is shouldered by the people who buy the tickets.
Likewise, the corn agriculture burdens are split between corn ethanol, DGS, and corn oil based on energy allocation.
Politically, Europe is split.
The intriguing question for us was not to get information on how the burden was or is actually shared among the different layers of society in each of these countries but to find out how citizens felt that the burden should have been split up.
