enormous strain

collocation in English

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enormous
adjective
uk
/ɪˈnɔː.məs/us
/əˈnɔːr.məs/
extremely ...
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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 ofenormousandstrainfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Unquestionably, the refugees placed anenormousstrainon the already inadequate infrastructure of the city.
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Looking after such children places anenormousstrainon many families, especially where there are other children who are in mainstream education.
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British credit has stood theenormousstrainplaced upon it, and the market has been less affected than any market in the world.
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That is anenormousstrainupon our engineering resources, and a strain which we bear practically alone.
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This is placing the staff underenormousstrain.
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The result was that this put anenormousstrainupon his wife who had to give him devoted attention in the home.
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I have seen theenormousstrainunder which they are working.
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Members of the committees would tend to be parochial, and anenormousstrainwould be placed on senior officers to attend the committee meetings.
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Secondly, there is theenormousstrainon the medical profession.
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The result is anenormousstrainon second marriages.
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Consequently, there isenormousstrainupon the staff individually and in terms of the number required.
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That is not in the interests of the child and it will also putenormousstrainon teachers.
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However, that can put anenormousstrainon the family, and it has implications for whether one or other parent can work.
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It imposes anenormousstrainupon others in the family circle.
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However, it has been subject toenormousstrainin the past seven years because of the number of asylum seekers who have been proven bogus.
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It imposed anenormousstrainon these councils.
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Theenormousstrainon the prison medical service is self-evident.
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That has been anenormousstrainand pressure on the social services.
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However, many of the problems are similar in the sense that the social structure came underenormousstrainafter the local colliery closed.
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Those balance of payments difficulties would inevitably bring with them anenormousstrainon sterling.
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