"burden" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In the present case the jury could have been in no doubt where the burden of proof lay.
- She felt, perhaps rightly, that though she was a guest, the burden of social responsibility lay at least partly with her.
- The burden of proof lay with those who wished to deviate from this standard.
- But both of these creatures were waiting upon me to speak or do something, and it did seem the burden lay with me.
- We both have had unusual burdens laid upon us for reasons that I cannot yet fathom.
- In their own remarks earlier, however, a number of European leaders suggested that the burden lay on Russia.
- The burden of the years lay heavy on her mind.
- "The burden now lays," the letter said, "on each individual director to demonstrate why they should not be barred."
- What a burden to lay on art, besides the esthetic load it already carries.
- If you must blame someone, lay that burden on me, where it belongs.
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