Sentence examples for major drag from inspiring English sources

The pending vacancy could also be major drag on the office market.

A major drag on Gazprom's development, analysts say, is low gas prices within Russia.

In the short run, those state and local cutbacks are a major drag on the economy, perpetuating devastatingly high unemployment.

With metal prices under pressure on renewed concerns about global demand, miners were a major drag on the market.

Slower restocking was a major drag on the economy in the final three months of last year.

Declining non-food sales coupled with growing competition from a resurgent Sainsbury's and discounters like Aldi have been a major drag on performance".

One way or another, housing remains a major drag on the economy, and millions of Americans remain at risk of losing their homes.

On the negative side, Pfizer, Intel, Cisco Systems and Merck were a major drag on the index, subtracting about 1.8 percentage points from the year's gain.

But, as the American Cancer Society has recently been stressing, the health coverage crisis in the U.S. is a major drag on this fight.

The unwillingness of people to spend — a function of their chronic pessimism — has been a major drag on the German economy.

Construction activity is 4.7percentt below the level of a year ago, representing one of the major drags on the current economy.