bear heavily

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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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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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Cases, in which hope and fear are brought into fierce struggle with each other, are those which are the worst to support and which bear heavily on the fortitude even of strongest minds.

From Walladmor: And Now Freely Translated from the German into English. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. by De Quincey, Thomas

The trees are a little bit peculiar about their bearing; sometimes they bear heavily and again they forget to bear.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Incorporated 39th Annual Report at Norris, Tenn. September 13-15 1948 by Northern Nut Growers Association