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Although he was an apostle, he worked hard with his hands as a tentmaker , so that he did not become a burden on those to whom he preached.

Booth: You're going to ask me how God can place such a burden on good people.

Not wanting to be a burden on his hard-working family, he was a diligent student, a talented athlete, and class leader.

Mary: Don't make excuses, James. I know I was a burden on you. You must have hated me. That's why you got rid of me.

But critics accuse ITAR of imposing such a burden on smaller companies that it is harming the entire industry, and thus national security.

It is time I said good - bye, before I become too sick a burden on myself and on those who love me.

Drinking milk containing harmful remains of pesticide, fertilizer and antibiotics, can become a burden on the body.

Many organizations look at these social networks as a nuisance and a burden on employee productivity, and in many cases they may be correct.

President Karzai says, "So that Afghanistan is no longer a burden on the shoulder of our friends in the international community. "

That works, but imposes a burden on the animal, since materials and energy have to be diverted to the boosted immune system.

This money must always be carried in the student's shoe so if the student is ever killed, his death will not be a burden on Project Mayhem.

Some promises, particularly on public-sector pensions and health care, may impose too great a burden on the next generation.

Dealing with the introduction of so many standards concurrently has admittedly placed quite a burden on the industry.

Although this isn't an issue for me, it could be a burden on families that would need childcare.

He declared that family migrants must not be a "burden on the taxpayer" .

Let's face it, it's a burden on the church to have the president and first lady visit.

These employees might, without proper compensation schemes, become a burden on the community's social welfare system.

This was a burden on those wanting to develop a Service-to-Other orientation.

The work becomes harder and harder. . . my strength is leaving me. . . I do not want to be a burden on any one!

This puts a burden on economic growth since the numbers of workers shrink annually.

I got through college without being a burden on my family. I have had good earning capacity ever since.

The loan repayments imposed too much of a burden on the minor.

They put too heavy a burden on it, so the final product has become an oversized monstrosity capable of doing nothing.

Managing the demands of intensive therapy however, often poses a burden on adolescents and their families.

formed a burden on peasants supervision and management of the benign effect mechanism.

Itself is cast now, it is originally exit, but suffer be a burden on possibly now, likelihood defer time.

To find the market system wanting because it does not bring joy as well as growth is to place too heavy a burden on it.

Drug prohibition is a burden on taxpayers. It is a burden on government budgets. It is a burden on the criminal-justice system.

"The Jobs were a burden on our souls, " Corp. Helmut Hess said.

Second, that servicing the debt will be a burden on future generations.

That, says Don Nicolson, president of Federated Farmers of New Zealand Inc. , is too big a burden on its 25, 000 members.

Large exportable surplus of U. S. and Egyptian cotton to remain a burden on world prices.

Government spending generally is a burden on the economy.

It doesn't impose a burden on taxpayers, or require governments to pick winners, which subsidies do.

Drug prohibition is a burden on taxpayers.

The slow economy is really a burden on the jobless rate now.

The current policy is a burden on the Europeans.

I don't want to be a burden on them.

we will live as two friends together, sharing our joys, sharing our freedom -- but not becoming a burden on each other.

I am studying two majors, and it's quite a burden on my time .

Lay a burden on sb.

let not my love be a burden on you , my friend , know that it pays itself .

et not my love be a burden on you, my friend, know that it pays itself.

Unlikely to be a burden on New Zealand health services

burden: put a burden on

to lay a burden on; make serious demands on

be a burden on sb