rising burden

collocation in English

meaningsofrisingandburden

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rising
noun[C]
uk
/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/us
/ˈraɪ.zɪŋ/
an act of opposition, sometimes using violence, by many people in one area of a country against those who are ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofrisingandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It broke that pledge within weeks of the general election, so it is now faced with a colossal andrisingburden.
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Therisingburdenof rates is due to the rapidly increasing total expenditure on public services.
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Arisingburdenof taxation will ultimately undermine our ability to invest in public services.
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Anxiety about therisingburdenis nothing new.
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It is interesting when we hear this talk about therisingburdenof rates.
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In part thisrisingburdenof public expenditure was genuinely unplanned.
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But there must be some limit to therisingburdenon the taxpayer.
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These problems are compounded by the drift of population away from the big towns and the steadilyrisingburdenof expenditure which has to be borne by a reduced population.
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We had low productivity, lower than other major industrial countries, and weak public finances with a history of large public debt deficits with a steeplyrisingburdenof public debt.
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Nearly three years ago, we inherited a pattern of large budget deficits, a steeplyrisingburdenof public debt and massive neglect of public services and public investment.
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