enormous drain on
collocation in Englishmeaningsofenormous,drainandon
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enormous
adjective
uk/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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drain
noun
uk/dreɪn/us/dreɪn/
a pipe or channel that is used to carry away waste matter and water from a building, or an opening in the road that rain water can ...
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on
preposition
uk/ɒn/us/ɑːn/
used to show that something is in a position above something else and touching it, or that something is moving into such ...
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They have all been anenormousdrainon the constabulary's reserves and that must be recognised when the funding formula is reviewed.
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In the course of a few years it will involve anenormousdrainon public money.
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The task of seeking to ascertain the truth and then dealing with the corrections is anenormousdrainon management time and effort.
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Their maintenance is anenormousdrainon our defence budget, and, furthermore, they have the capacity to be sold off.
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The growing refugee problem in those areas is already anenormousdrainon the resources of bilateral and multilateral agencies alike.
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The first is theenormousdrainon the resources of our hospitals by means of these distressing and preventable accidents.
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Having them out of work is anenormousdrainon our resources.
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That is anenormousdrainon the resources of the man, and the period of a week or a fortnight has to elapse before he receives anything at all.
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In addition, we have introduced into agriculture anenormousdrainon resources because of the new legal requirements, and all this based on misconceptions regarding hazards of insecticides.
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The delay has been caused by the enormous draining away of funds on industrial disputes.
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