Sentence examples for onerous bill from inspiring English sources

"It is an onerous bill that will put more financial burdens on the backs of the small businesses who cannot afford any more mandates and costs".

Not all onerous bills are the product of poor practice and they burden a significant minority rather than a majority.

He resorted to borrowing to pay one of the county's always onerous bills: the refunds given to residents who appeal their property tax assessments.

He found particularly onerous a bill forfeiting the citizenship of anyone who fought for or aided the Confederacy, but in March 1862, his veto of the bill was overridden.

The central character is an average man driven by extreme circumstances (including, not insignificantly, onerous medical bills) toward immoral and illegal behavior.

More than a dozen current or former employees of WorldCom are accusing brokers at Salomon Smith Barney, the firm hired to oversee the company's employee stock option program, of pressing them into a risky investment strategy that left them with significant losses and onerous tax bills when WorldCom shares fell last year.

D1 BUSINESS DAY C1-18 Stock Brokerage Firm Accused More than a dozen current or former employees of WorldCom are accusing brokers at Salomon Smith Barney, the firm hired to oversee the company's employee stock option program, of pressuring them into a risky investment strategy that left them with significant losses and onerous tax bills when WorldCom shares fell last year.

The athletic director at Stanford called the bill "onerous" and warned that if it passed, every athlete in California would be ineligible under N.C.A.A. guidelines.

Under the rules of the pilot program, which some county officials have called onerous, potentially improper bills are examined.

But Republicans said the bill was onerous and ill timed.

Finally, Connaughton urged Mikva to push President Clinton to demand changes that would make the bill less onerous to plaintiffs.