They are an onerous and unnecessary burden on small businesses.

And with the rising cost of health care, that can become an onerous burden.

Well, this evening would see the end of that onerous burden.

They had put in their "jury duty," an onerous burden under the old system.

Bankers, for their part, have objected that the current law is one of the most onerous regulatory burdens they face.

Male and female alike carry the onerous burden of their "stuff."

I do not wish, in particular, to place too onerous a burden upon Mediterranean countries.

They also suggest that it would place another onerous burden upon them because of the failure to give enough recognition to existing national legislation.

His family could have become an onerous burden, tying him down.

The Speaker commented today that the pledge was "not an onerous burden."