"drain" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- But farming can also be a significant drain.
- Since they are never used and never thrown away boolteens account for a significant drain on the world's money supply.
- As they constitute a significant drain on the camcorder's battery, they do reduce the shooting time per charge.
- The magazine's political marginalization, however, also had financial consequences, becoming a significant financial drain by the early 1940s.
- Short-term loans at high interest rates posed a significant financial drain.
- Forbes's own investment in the Web never yielded a public offering and has been a significant drain on profits.
- The number of workers involved placed a significant drain on the country's national labour force.
- It is not a significant drain.
- Supplies must be trucked in from South Africa, and this poses a significant drain on operating funds.
- He had lost too much blood already, and any further significant drain would severely compro- mise him.
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