growing burden

collocation in English

meaningsofgrowingandburden

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growing
adjective
uk
/ˈɡrəʊ.ɪŋ/us
/ˈɡroʊ.ɪŋ/
increasing in size ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbɜː.dən/us
/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofgrowingandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The sheer scale of investment for the health of souls (largely inspired by selfish concerns) placed agrowingburdenon succeeding generations.
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There is thisgrowingburdenfalling upon the ratepayers.
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How can we meet thegrowingburdenof this increasing number of old people without taxing everybody else out of existence?
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We recognise that it is an essential act of justice to many who are suffering from thegrowingburdenof inflation and indiscriminate taxation.
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We have reached a stage when local authorities can no longer adequately bear thegrowingburdenof education costs.
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A huge andgrowingburdenof administration has been placed upon such businesses.
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This has meant a heavy andgrowingburdenon the legal profession, which burden has been willingly borne as a form of public service.
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They have been hard hit by high interest rates, falling commodity earnings, steeply rising oil import prices and agrowingburdenof debt repayments.
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During the last two years agrowingburdenof taxation has been imposed, leading to a steady escalation of costs.
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One consequence of thegrowingburdenon businesses is the increasing trend towards "offshoring".
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Those who already have full teaching and research commitments can cope with thegrowingburdenonly at the expense of their teaching and research.
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One would naturally think that if things were going from bad to worse that burden would be agrowingburden.
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