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

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In Argentina these burdens bear heavily upon the labouring classes, and in years of depression they send away by thousands immigrants unable to meet the high costs of living.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

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