Such burdens could slow growth, raise taxes and lead to a tangle of other problems.

The burden of paying back college loans can sometimes lead top-level students to cross teaching off their list of possible careers.

It is still contested as to whether the enormous administrative burden will lead to an actual improvement of academic conditions.

The financial burden of this overstocking would lead to its ultimate demise.

A heavy burden of Mongol dominance led to a political and economic crisis in the kingdom.

The burdens that this placed on captains far from home led him to a character struggling with the stresses of a "man alone".

The financial burden of the war led the Ottoman state to issue foreign loans amounting 5 million pound sterling on 4 August 1854.

Such growth poses a potential burden for the county, which Mr. Miers said still leads the state in dairy production.

An administrative burden on our local shipping will lead to goods being transported through Europe with more difficulty.

Its administrative and financial burden will hinder competition and lead to price rises for consumers.