bear heavily

Example Sentences

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Any major war . . . must bear heavily on them during its continuance and also for generations to come.

From Time Magazine Archive

This will bear heavily on the quality of the President's appointments and his ability to mold his people into an effective Administration.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the schools to raise tuition fees would bear heavily on the already hard-pressed student, and would do little to close their budget wounds.

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They are so framed as not to bear heavily on the settler, whose interests are carefully watched, and are liberally administered.

From Canada West by Canada. Dept. of the interior

Further south the growth is somewhat slower, though the trees grow to a large size and bear heavily.

From Fruits of Queensland by Benson, Albert H.