serious strain

collocation in English

meaningsofseriousandstrain

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serious
adjective
uk
/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us
/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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strain
noun
uk
/streɪn/us
/streɪn/
a force or influence that stretches, pulls, or puts pressure on something, sometimes ...
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(Definition ofseriousandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This unbalanced development is currently puttingseriousstrainon continued development.
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These very low prices nut aseriousstrainon our whole system of support.
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In my judgment, they got away with far too much, and now it is aseriousstrainupon the industry.
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That all emphasises the fact that there was veryseriousstrainon the machine.
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Hundreds of billions in paying off goodwill are putting aseriousstrainon business and are hampering recovery.
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We have seen what happens when you get aseriousstrainon a currency floating without fixed parities which you devote your efforts to maintaining.
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They have had a veryseriousstrainput upon them.
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A severe winter might well put a veryseriousstrainon our coal supplies.
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Unless that position can be reduced very heavily, there will be a veryseriousstrainupon our shipping.
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But from the point of view of manpower, it will lay an even moreseriousstrainon us.
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The very fact of evacuation has been aseriousstrainon them and you are going to penalise them further.
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Considering the numbers, and the difficulties involved in placing many children, it will place aseriousstrainon many social services departments.
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These payments across the exchanges constitute aseriousstrainon our balance of payments position.
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It is aseriousstrainon the country's resources.
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This would not necessarily involve anyseriousstrainon our national resources.
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This is a veryseriousstrainon the available manpower.
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Under present circumstances, to import unlimited supplies would impose a furtherseriousstrainon our shipping.
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War subjected that machinery to no veryseriousstrain.
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That change had involved acute traffic problems and aseriousstrainon the workers who were required to travel to and from work under uncomfortable conditions.
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Were all children to be provided with free transport irrespective of where they lived, the cost would be enormous and aseriousstrainon the resources available for education.
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