1.   But the Japanese say they are paying for the Kobe earthquake, and the Germans say they have their own huge drains reconstructing the former East Germany.

2.   Inert, the Brazilian is a huge drain on resources.

3.   The in-house analysis done in March made it clear that they are a huge drain on the system.

4.   Their investments in wireless have caused a huge drain on cash.

5.   Wilson is defiantly unrepentant about his stand, which he says grew out of a huge drain that illegal immigrants were causing in the state budget.

6.   It is estimated that the total amount spent annually by Bangladeshi patients abroad is a fabulous one which is a huge drain on the national resources.

7.   Nations with defined benefit schemes, where government or employers guarantee a pension rate for life, faced a huge drain on their economies, Ryan said.