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Meanings of extra strain in English

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Usage of extra strain in English
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Health services always come under extra strain at this time of year.
The Guardian
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This lack of legal protection can put an extra strain on separating couples.
The South African
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The work is brought too close to the eyes and causes extra strain.
The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; A Study in Hygiene
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But-thefact is, Marcia- Ican'tstand any extra strain this morning.
The Coryston Family / A Novel
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The act seemed to communicate an extra strain to every part of his body.
Tom Slade, Motorcycle Dispatch Bearer
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I cannot afford to throw any extra strain upon it.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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These changes placed extra strain on police and security forces tasked with transferring ballot boxes.
Radio NZ
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Critics say such studies do not factor in the extra strain put on public services.
Reuters
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In addition to the looming solstice celebration, the palace staff now had an extra strain.
The bone palace
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If the extra strain brought fever in its wake!
The Wings of the Morning
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The storm has put the island's finances under extra strain, and many families have lost everything.
BBC
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A hilly city could, for example, order more powerful batteries and motors to handle the extra strain.
BBC
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But Potter said one week without games would not compensate for the extra strain during the festive period.
Reuters
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That is putting extra strain on the MSF-run facility already struggling to cope with wounded combatants and civilians.
Reuters
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Every additional mouth meant an extra strain on their supplies, but he surrendered to the inevitable, and finally remarked:
The Girl Aviators on Golden Wings
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All these men should have been prepared by thirty or sixty days of physical training for this extra strain.
Keeping Fit All the Way / How to Obtain and Maintain Health, Str...
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