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Discover Ludwig"major drain" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is typically used to describe a significant or substantial loss, burden, or difficulty. It can also refer to a large and noticeable decrease in resources or energy. Example: The high maintenance costs of the old building were a major drain on the company's finances. In this sentence, "major drain" is used to describe the significant financial burden that the old building placed on the company.
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"It's a major drain on resources," Mr. McNaughton said.
The prepayments are a major drain on cash flow.
But local industry is also a major drain on the city's water supplies.
Air France has said for years that its labor costs have been a major drain on profit.
Those payments have been cited as a major drain on the county's coffers by the state and county comptrollers and by Wall Street bond-rating agencies.
"He should have been clear months ago that far from being a private and charitable initiative, the garden bridge is actually a major drain on public funds.
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Major drains include capital flight, illicit economic activity, corruption and assets stolen as a result of the Kabul Bank fraud.
In order to achieve the ZERO sewage, the GoI focused on laying of interceptors to trap major drains and also the rehabilitation of exiting sewerage networks.
The remaining 48%% untreated sewage (1,393 mld) finds its way into the Yamuna River through the 19 major drains which carry sewage and industrial effluents from the city.
Within this stretch 22 major drains of the capital, Delhi is connected and continuously discharging highly contaminated sediments, sewage and sludge effluents directly into it resulting in the rise of its bed level due to siltation day by day [5].
Efforts have been made to find the cumulative pollution load addition to river Yamuna (23 km stretch from Wazirabad Barrage to Okhla Barrage) at various points by the major drains carrying wastewater from NCT of Delhi; making these open sewers in turn causing foul smell, bad quality and groundwater contamination all along the drain and ultimately polluting disposal sink to river Yamuna.
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