Sentence examples for enormous drain from inspiring English sources

Fees, of course, can be an enormous drain on retirement savings — but they are often obscured, giving many Americans the impression that the accounts are somehow cost-free.

A long workout, like a run that lasts more than two hours, is "an enormous drain on blood sugar," he said.

Upkeep of centuries-old buildings is an enormous drain for European institutions like the Château de Versailles, which is developing hotels and seeking to license its name for luxury watches and other products.

Inefficiency and corruption in the justice system must be tackled urgently, not least because huge and often unjustified claims for damages are an enormous drain on the public purse.

Though it is mostly funded by the federal government (which covers, on average, about 57% of the costs), it's an enormous drain on state budgets, especially during downturns, when the Medicaid rolls increase and revenues plummet.

Democratic opponents argue that the proposals would lead to an enormous drain on future tax revenue, because almost all investment income to individuals would eventually be shielded from taxes.

She thinks the existing multi-agency risk assessment conferences, or Maracs, which focus on a small minority of high-risk cases, have become too "enormous" a drain on limited resources – though she recognises they have saved lives.

Having the entire team in the full board meeting is an enormous resource drain, as well, and you can fall into traps of politics pretty quickly here: "Why is he/she in the meeting and I'm not".

We live in a world where droughts are epidemic; battles are waged over water rights; and water use and pollution are enormous fiscal drains and environmental hazards.

(So why don't they hold the thing in a bigger theater? They tried. Last year, they held one afternoon's talks in a Broadway-style theater. It was a disaster. The enormous hall drained all sense of intimacy, humanity and urgency from the speakers).

Many astronomers feared that its enormous cost would drain resources from ground-based astronomy and may not work anyway.