excessive burden
collocation in Englishmeaningsofexcessiveandburden
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excessive
adjective
uk/ekˈses.ɪv/us/ekˈses.ɪv/
too ...
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burden
noun[C]
uk/ˈbɜː.dən/us/ˈbɝː.dən/
a heavy load that ...
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(Definition ofexcessiveandburdenfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Research on industrial towns has clearly evidenced the specific demography of the urban environment and, in particular, theexcessiveburdenof mortality.
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Since optimal behavior does not always result from an optimization procedure, one cannot criticize optimization theory for theexcessiveburdenof computation it imposes.
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On the other hand, precise positioning of the robot is anexcessiveburdenon the programmer.
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During this debate, however, we should not forget about traders, who expect regulations which do not place anexcessiveburdenon them.
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Banding will ensure that anexcessiveburdendoes not fall on a minority of properties, as happened under domestic rates.
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First, to reduce the presentexcessiveburdenof taxation.
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I do not think it can be argued as being anexcessiveburdenin the present situation.
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It reflects the success of our policies which we have achieved without placing anexcessiveburdenon contributors and taxpayers and the higher earnings brackets.
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There is no doubt that anexcessiveburdenis placed on the excellent men and women who staff our prisons.
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That surely cannot be considered anexcessiveburden.
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That is a veryexcessiveburdenfor industry to bear.
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The new clause should provide for laws to be repealed if the cost-benefit analysis finds that they are anexcessiveburdenon business.
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I do not want the industry to be saddled, as some other nationalised industries have been, with anexcessiveburdenof fixed interest capital.
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The officers are faced by anexcessiveburdenof committee work and by apparently insoluble social problems.
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The release of dangerous substances into the soil and groundwater places anexcessiveburdenon the environment and on public health.
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No one could think that this directive imposes constraints and anexcessiveburdenon the construction sector.
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No one likes paying even £25 a year in rates, but it is not anexcessiveburdenin the circumstances.
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We do not want to make the completion of the return anexcessiveburden.
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In this way, they have imposed upon the taxpayer anexcessiveburdenor mortgaged money which could be better used for other purposes.
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