Sentence examples for for onerous from inspiring English sources

Ditto for onerous taxes, record budget deficits and lack of demand.

Students are also advised to check contracts with the landlord for onerous terms, such as the retention of deposit money to pay for cleaning.

Landowners, local councils and ordinary folk with back gardens may choose to chop down their trees rather than pay for onerous regular inspections, he says.

In a commentary on Wednesday, The Yangcheng Evening News in Guangzhou suggested that those who set toll rates, not Mr. Shi, should be punished for onerous fees that added to the ever increasing cost of food and other goods.

An economic historian, Robert Kuttner, noted that it was international lenders' push for onerous debt repayments from Weimar Germany in the 1920's that led to hyperinflation there and the rise of the Nazis.

But anger at big banks — manifested by the growing Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City and elsewhere — is palpable enough that Mr. Romney must avoid being seen as a friend of an industry that many Americans blame for onerous bank fees and underwater mortgages.

G.M., Ford and Chrysler pressed for less onerous mileage goals for their profitable pickup trucks and got them.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board is mulling changes that would make rules on accounting for goodwill less onerous for those firms that pay cash for their acquisitions.

"It is therefore mystifying that we are being criticised for accepting onerous terms in exchange for public subsidy - terms which drove others away".

But a deal for either straggler involved finding a taker for an onerous contract.

Right now, some funds are giving in to founder desires for 'unicorn' raises and valuations in exchange for relatively onerous terms.