Sentence examples for large drain from inspiring English sources

"I became ethical, and that caused a large drain on my energies.

Sections of guardrail lie on the ground beside large drain pipes, rotted pallets and discarded road signs.

There is a 900-pound sow named Gordy, who emits a contented rumble when her neck is scratched that sounds like a large drain being emptied.

With more than 160,000 American troops now in Iraq, the withdrawal in January of one brigade, roughly 3,500 to 4,500 troops, would not amount to a large drain on General Petraeus's forces.

"As we moved into early 2011 and the investigation launched, it became apparent there was going to be a large drain on resources from what is a valuable and finite resource, which is our detective capability," he said.

It is hard, Mr. DiVincenzo said, "to stay friends with the prosecutor's office," because it is such a large drain on county funds that are raised mostly through property taxes.

Add the juice of two lemons to the pan; season with salt, white pepper and Tabasco, then scatter a quarter-cup of large drained capers and some chopped parsley over the top.

It needs to be clinically clean, have sealed concrete floors with several large drains (it takes 8 gallons of water to make 1 gallon of beer), a spacious refrigerated room and copious utility connections.

The most notable problems for wildlife included the loss of travel paths when riparian reserves were either developed or disrupted when large drains break up wildlife corridors.

Three large drains were also located in the floor, possibly to enable the nearby amphitheatre to be flooded rapidly to enable naumachia (mock naval battles) to be held.

It is for instance possible that large draining blood vessels exhibit biases towards one or the other eye.