Sentence examples for great drain from inspiring English sources

It became a great drain".

If a rich family has a lot of children, they will become a great drain on the resources needed by others.

It is one thing to enjoy heat when leading an active life... another to spend all one's days in a gondola... and with bedroom-windows always open on the great drain of the Grand Canal".

Chicago lost more than 150 in a month as thieves tried to satisfy China's thirst for scrap-metal; Scotland saw over 100 disappear in what was called the "great drain robbery".

It would help stop the "great drain of dollars out of this country", and the money would be used to fund border security (such as more border jails) and to reimburse Texans for the health-care and education costs of illegal immigrants.

In her recently published book "The Collaborative Habit" (Simon & Schuster), Ms. Tharp wrote that the show was a great drain, and that her biggest mistake was deviating from her initial instinct: to create a dancing show based on Mr. Dylan's love songs.

Beyond the bulging Wolds and marshes as flat as bowling greens, traversed with great drains like veins, are the dunes.

Seating a section of the audience at tables in what looks like a great drained swimming pool, Wright's vibrant production brims with Congolese music and dance.

Domestic violence is probably a greater drain on productivity than most employers realize.

And, since the threat of prison automatically opens the legal-aid coffers, it means a greater drain on public funds.

That is comparable to the earlier III and V models, which is considered remarkable because color displays are a much greater drain on battery life.