considerable strain
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandstrain
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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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 ofconsiderableandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Considerablestrain, however, has been put upon the networks through which non-food resources are shared.
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Considerablestrainvariation was found from herd to herd within districts.
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Caring for a dying person createsconsiderablestrainfor caregivers and may affect their working schedule, family life, and social relationships.
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Pregnancy placesconsiderablestrainon the heart and circulation, requiring marked cardiorespiratory adaptation.
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Pregnancy placesconsiderablestrainon the heart and circulation and necessitates marked cardiorespiratory adaptation.
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Instead, members encounter one another directly as potential friends, which tends to putconsiderablestrainon contact and exchanges.
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Pregnancy putsconsiderablestrainon the maternal body, which adapts by changes in physiology involving the circulation, breathing and haemostasis.
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We surmised from speaking with carers who initially agreed to participate but who when contacted to arrange a meeting time were too busy, that they were underconsiderablestrain.
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Most in business agreed that the government did deliver decisively and convincingly on deficit targets, despiteconsiderablestrainon spending from provinces and increases in social spending.
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Half of the par ticipants in our study were experiencing serious psychiatric difficulties at the star t of the study, putting both the adolescents and their families underconsiderablestrain.
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We have no mental illness beds, and there isconsiderablestrainon the local mental health section.
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It was represented that this would be aconsiderablestrainon them, and we saw the force of that argument.
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The people who live in the area have suffered from aconsiderablestrainfor some time.
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I agree that aconsiderablestrainis imposed on local authorities.
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The import of timber puts aconsiderablestrainon it, to the extent of something like £740 million a year.
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Our troops, when they are serving abroad, serve under veryconsiderablestrain, and one of the things which is under most strain is their marriage.
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These large sums necessary for war expenditure are aconsiderablestrainon the national economy.
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This is aconsiderablestrainon them, even if everything else is in perfect order.
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This is part of the pattern of the reason why the licensing law has been put underconsiderablestrain.
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This is causingconsiderablestrainon our services.
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