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  • And the government regulation would be similar to that of private colleges, which means that it would be burdonsome and costly.

    Two-Handed on Vouchers, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • So the tories need to look at the military and decide which elements are flexible, agile and are able to reach around the world without incurring a burdonsome footprint in foreign lands.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • Meanwhile I'm getting by with muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory meds, but I don't enjoy taking medicine, so it's a bit burdonsome.

    Sunday Sunday... Cheryl R. Cox 2008

  • I cannot fathom the idea that being the minority there would be so burdonsome for me that I would need to have all references to a faith and tradition I do not share removed lest it corrupt me in some way.

    Sound Politics: Onward Christian Soldiers 2006

  • I cannot fathom the idea that being the minority there would be so burdonsome for me that I would need to have all references to a faith and tradition I do not share removed lest it corrupt me in some way.

    Sound Politics: Onward Christian Soldiers 2006

  • Meanwhile I'm getting by with muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatory meds, but I don't enjoy taking medicine, so it's a bit burdonsome.

    Archive 2008-02-01 Cheryl R. Cox 2008

  • Upshot: Returning to his gateway series after a 15-year hiatus, Pohl overlaps timelines, plots, and characters - and produces so many climaxes it becomes burdonsome.

    EW Reviews SF 2004

  • Upshot: Returning to his gateway series after a 15-year hiatus, Pohl overlaps timelines, plots, and characters - and produces so many climaxes it becomes burdonsome.

    November 2004 2004

  • Science fiction allows the creation of an imaginary set of conditions by which the human being may break their most burdonsome shackle: their own mind.

    "MAIN" via Steve in Google Reader Daniel Rourke 2010

  • Financially, the condo is draining and burdonsome.

    Christian Science Monitor | All Stories 2010

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