severe strain

collocation in English

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severe
adjective
uk
/sɪˈvɪər/us
/səˈvɪr/
causing very great pain, difficulty, worry, damage, etc.; ...
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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 ofsevereandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, industrial test suites putseverestrainon the speed and resource bounds of functional models.
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The word "feverish" makes the pleasure at once willed and still sick, while "naturalness" remains a principle underseverestrain.
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In this way, the period 1800 -1824 could be regarded as an interregnum during which economic change put the old system underseverestrain.
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Now you are raising the age from twelve to sixteen, and you make a veryseverestrainupon a well-deserving class of people.
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Our economic system is at present under aseverestrain, and it is only common sense to align our defence programme to our general needs.
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It will require attention if it goes on having to submit to its presentseverestrain.
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He has been undergoing a constant and ratherseverestrainalmost continuously for the last two days.
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It is not too difficult to imagine the endless andseverestrainthat must be forever with families such as these.
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Because not many farmers have yet gone bankrupt, it would not be right to think that agriculture is not undergoingseverestrain.
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Both work and relationships are put underseverestrain.
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I realise that it must remain, but it is placing aseverestrainupon those who had hoped for some adjustment under these financial proposals.
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That will be a veryseverestrainto put upon them.
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Also, product liability threatens to impose aseverestrainon all companies and could do vast damage to growth and employment.
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Even a visit to the swimming baths puts aseverestrainon their meagre incomes.
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Here it seems from my experience that the planning machinery is showingseverestrain.
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My point is that they are being unnecessarily subjected to a temptation which is aseverestrainon them all.
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This puts aseverestrainon the revenue budget and pushes up charges to the airlines more than would otherwise be necessary.
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He has acknowledged at last that the beef sector is underseverestrain.
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Certainly if there were any increase it would place aseverestrainon the medical profession.
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