Typically, the numbers turn green (apparently improve) until the team figures out how to escape such an onerous task.
These tillers were allowed to occupy the land on conditions which, being the product of force,were always onerous, but seldom to the extent of absolute slavery.
That surge has begun to recede, and lower prices and onerous adjustable-rate mortgage resets point toward a modest further decline — each one percentage point represents about one million homes.
Explicit government ownership would be an improvement over the onerous, fiddly and capricious intervention of today.
Freezing the bonus pot for British staff is more onerous; but given the Banks' global nature, there are ways around it.
Biogen Idec put itself up for sale last year, but the recalcitrant management found clever ways to make the bidding process so onerous and unattractive that nobody made a bid for it.
If Glencore does choose to go public, it will be subject to much more onerous reporting and disclosure rules.
The bill is designed to be less onerous for the smallest food producers, but parts of the industry are decidedly cranky.
Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO, spurned Facebook for what he considered were "onerous terms."
Recent industry regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, Basel II, and CFR 21 part 11 can place onerous overheads on SCM processes, particularly with respect to change control.
But the security apparatus is more pervasive and onerous now than it has ever been, especially in Khartoum.
The chore that feels onerous today may give you a huge boost of satisfaction tomorrow, when it's behind you.
Or, when these prove too onerous or too difficult to cheat its way around, it kicks over the negotiating table and storms out.
After the recent introduction of onerous new obligations, they are likely to face more.
Can the UN take on another onerous peacekeeping operation?
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