Sentence examples for that drain on from inspiring English sources

The new legislation would add to that drain on revenue by restricting the fees banks can charge for debit card transactions.

The proposed development site sits at the peak of a mountain ridge that drains on the east into Ulster County and the Ashokan Reservoir and on the west into Delaware County and the Pepacton Reservoir.

Another senior Pentagon official said the simulation revealed that such force protection "strips combat power" and that the drain on personnel had created "a dangerous situation".

There's no question that the drain on the average American's pocketbook has been a gusher for the big oil companies.

I am also concerned that the drain on our resources in Afghanistan may deteriorate our flexibility to address other global threats.

ICDs have generators that drain in five years on average.

Given the potential impact that drains have on peatland ecosystem services there is a need to identify drained networks for conservation assessment [34].

Considering the history of race isolation that our country has had to deal with, is it really that draining on the energy sources to go down the list to the next descriptive adjective to pinpoint someone?

For years, I always had the sense that I was trying to regain the freedom that slipped down the drain on that fall day.

This is the chip which has given the iPhone the edge, as it is dedicated to tracking motion in a way that limits the drain on your battery.

He said he left earlier than he expected because of a "troubling nexus" of business, politics and publishing that he called "draining on body and soul".