bear heavily

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

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

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It, perforce, had to obey or go to prison; either one or the other, for the laws were expressly drafted to bear heavily upon it.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Gustavus, Myers

Your self-examination should be as practical as possible; particularly looking into the motives of your prayers for the special objects which bear heavily upon your heart.

From A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister by Newcomb, Harvey