And I must not impose a needless strain upon it.

This expansion has imposed a strain on the control of fraud.

Singing outside the natural vocal range imposes a serious strain upon the voice.

Obviously this would impose a significant strain on the Exchequer.

This night's work had imposed a severe strain even upon my callous nerves.

The spate of new legislation imposes a great strain upon the smaller firm.

"In addition, they have a resident population that imposes a severe strain on those buildings and the necessity for a security force."

If the price of crude oil remains high and volatile then this will impose severe strains on economies which are already under pressure.

Certainly the Bevanites could claim that rearmament was imposing too great a strain on the economy.

And success by striking civil servants, seeking an improvement in pay, would not have imposed an intolerable strain on the state.