Sentence examples for considerable drain from inspiring English sources

The physical symptoms are things like palpitations, stomach churning and sleep disturbance.' Fretting and hand-wringing represent a considerable drain on our time and energy.

"I am disappointed this investigation caused disruption to the lives of the individuals residing in that home, and was a considerable drain on resources that would have been better spent investigating real cases," she added.

In 1674 he acquired the noble title of treasurer of France, and he eventually obtained the higher distinctions of ordinary gentleman of the king (1690) and secretary of the king (1696), which were mixed blessings, as their purchase constituted a considerable drain on his family's finances.

Although very powerful, you'll still have to use this weapon wisely, as it takes a considerable drain on your powers.

It's also a considerable drain on public resources, as executive compensation tax deductions cost the U.S. Treasury an estimated $7.5 billion per year.

The fund-raising task was largely carried out by Scott, and was a considerable drain on his time and energy, continuing in South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand after Terra Nova had sailed from British waters.

In recent years, the Post has suffered a considerable brain drain, which has included such writers as Rick Atkinson, Blaine Harden, Eric Lipton, Gustav Niebuhr, Eleanor Randolph, Benjamin Weiser, Pierre Thomas, and Laurie Goodstein, several of them lost to poaching from the Times.

At around the 90-minute mark, all of the considerable tension and suspense drain away, and if the film ended at that point, you might walk away shaken and perhaps stunned.

The final direct voltage would have been four times the peak voltage available from the transformer (200,000 volts) if corona discharge had not drained away considerable power.

Considerable insight has been drained as to their structure and synthesis during seed development and to their role as storage proteins (Higgins 1984).

We conclude that there is a considerable potential to improve draining of excreted puddles by increasing the cleaning performance of manure scrapers.