Sentence examples for major draining from inspiring English sources

Second, the altitude of the AV-tephra reflects sea level in the coastal positions around −1.5 to −2 m a.s.l., while the only gully draining the lacustrine and marshy inland Agro Pontino was blocked around 0.5 m a.s.l. by the expanding sediment wedge of the Amaseno River, the major draining axis of the Agro Pontino.

"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.

Major drains include capital flight, illicit economic activity, corruption and assets stolen as a result of the Kabul Bank fraud.

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.

It's a temporary condition that occurs early in pregnancy when fetal demands are small and would not be a major drain on a woman's resources".

Email is frequently cited as a major drain on productivity; Slack claims its users report receiving 48.6% less internal email after they start using the tool.

The Obama administration now expects to turn a roughly $20 billion profit on the bank bailouts, programs once seen as a major drain on the government's bottom line.