Afghanistan is a challenging conflict but not a huge drain on the Pentagon's vast resources.

The in-house analysis done in March made it clear that they are a huge drain on the system.

This situation places a huge drain on the struggling economy.

This caused - and is still causing - a huge drain on the local services.

The network's huge drain on the national budget was one reason for the sale.

This application can be left running all day as it is not a huge drain on the battery.

But until it was operating it too would be another huge drain on the Earth's already strained economy.

Absenteeism is a huge drain on our gross national product.

This must have been a huge drain on his resources.

This kept the memory of invasion fresh, I supposed, but it must be a huge drain on the scanty national resources.