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Sentence Examples We have a prosecution service in which that is not happening as often as it should because it is overstretched. Eventually, the company overstretched itself and was ultimately forced to file for voluntary liquidation. He belched and scratched his stomach that showed from beneath his soiled and dirty overstretched shirt. We are already overstretched and all these people moving in are just going to make the problem worse. The tide of new developments has seen councillors warning of a melt-down for the town's overstretched infrastructure. Sugar was being added and elderberry juice being used to give colour to poor, overstretched wines. I know the police are overstretched but I don't think they leave the investigation of attempted murders to cack-handed private investigators. The troops are overstretched and forced to stay on longer than planned and undertake responsibilities beyond their capacity. The price trigger will channel development towards high-priced hot spots that are already overstretched. Jon did a fantastic dinner, and had sensibly catered for overstretched stomachs by opting for a buffet rather than a sit-down meal. The dilapidated facilities and overstretched editorial staff prove how illusory this prediction was. Instead, they say, the trained medics will be able to ease pressure on overstretched emergency hospital units. Perhaps ongoing sandstorms in the desert will provide time to reinforce overstretched supply lines. The latest Walkabout club is yet another burden on the already overstretched emergency and public services. Facilities that were already underfunded and overstretched are now at breaking point. It is madness to cut the infantry at a time when they are already overstretched. Some of the main pipelines serving Europe's customers are overstretched or in need for maintenance. Members will hear some suggest that Canada's military is already overstretched because of our engagement in Afghanistan. They are underfunded and overstretched, and in charge from many things, from illegal immigrants to cybercrime to investigating corrupt politicians. Surely they deserve more than to be pumped full of drugs, just to ensure that our overstretched military forces can continue to support the whims of politicians. Show More Sentences He talks about overstretched hospitals, disrespectful children, yobbo culture, how he was mugged in Brighton recently. They have nowhere to go for safety, while hospitals are overstretched and lacking basic necessities. The system couldn't cope – Essex only had six modems and these were quickly overstretched. Its borders are porous, the army is overstretched and its 16m citizens are spread over an area twice the size of France. Less research cash also means that there are fewer graduate students to teach undergraduates leading to faculty time being overstretched. Fortis, a Belgo-Dutch bank overstretched by its role in acquiring ABN AMRO, is now part-owned by the Benelux governments. Shopkeepers generously give credit but their capacity to do so is being overstretched. In addition to the shortages at the federal level, many provincial and municipal police forces are under-funded and overstretched. The first budget of the new financial framework clearly demonstrates that the funds are overstretched. The downturn in the economy has put downward pressure on previously overstretched resources. The measures listed under pillar two, however, seem to be wide-ranging and somewhat overstretched. The poor teachers are overstretched, forced to use the rod to maintain any kind of discipline. Firstly, the extended family system is overstretched, unable to cope with the growing number of orphans. Frequent disease outbreaks, other emergencies and movements of displaced people due to insecurity overstretched already limited resources. The U.S. faces structural headwinds to growth, undermining job creation and the safe de-levering of overstretched balance sheets. An overstretched United States could be ripe for the plucking by a Russian Army secretly building its strength. So I think they've way overplayed this and overstretched this issue. In a minor sprain, where the ligaments are merely overstretched, there may be local pain and minor swelling, but no difficulty in moving the joint. He moved the ball from one foot to the other, but overstretched himself and ended up merely poking a tame shot towards goal that the goalkeeper easily picked up. Russell added that he feared the opera might have overstretched itself financially by committing to a complete production of Wagner's four-part Ring Cycle. Show More Sentences The scale of the looming disaster also places a massive burden on already overstretched relief agencies reeling from famines in southern Africa and chaos in Afghanistan. The service has been overstretched, placing undue pressure on members and this, coupled with the inequality of pay, has forced them to take action. The result is inefficiency, the unnecessary duplication of services, extra pressure on overstretched surgeons and their teams and needless trauma for patients. In a sprain, the ligaments may have been overstretched, twisted or torn. There are too few children's social workers and they are overstretched. Senior Liberal Democrats feel the new intake should not be overstretched or exposed to too much pressure while they bed in, so the MPs are unlikely to take frontline roles. The Royal College of Nursing Scotland survey of more than 4,000 of its members, however, revealed that nurses believe they are overstretched to a dangerous level. Once a ligament is overstretched, it remains overstretched permanently. The top brass have said we are overstretched. While some moved to already overstretched camps such as Al Salam, near Nyala, and El Neem, in El Daein, others have reportedly fled to very remote areas that are often inaccessible to humanitarian organizations. However, he said the major medical organisations, Médecins Sans Frontières, the Red Cross and the International Medical Corps, were overstretched and could not take on another treatment centre. Officially, Greece allows only seven days on its soil, but on Kos the administrative infrastructure is overstretched and what had taken two days is taking longer. The third group includes overstretched analogies, unmeant invitations and extravagant compliments, which have their origin in the high value Brazilians place on finding and forging interpersonal connections. And the government is warping accounting standards in its attempts to disguise all this. Concerned that consumers are overstretched, private banks have held back on lending in recent years. Media and communications: This important medium for promoting the Organization's services is limited and overstretched as the Organization has media focal persons only for the Americas and Asia. The numerous activities of the organizations are moreover ineffectually overstretched on too many fronts, with hardly any clearsighted collective objective. The Battle of Arras achieved surprise and initial success against overstretched German forces but failed in its objective. Over the past four weeks, our community has maximized and overstretched the use of personnel and equipment resources to service patients with totally unpredictable and unreliable supplies of technetium. However, AMIS has been overstretched as it attempts to dominate its AOR, a situation which necessitates that urgent steps be taken to enhance the Mission. Nations not directly involved have had to receive refugees and provide them with emergency help, at a time when their own budgets are already overstretched. Show More Sentences The contingent is overstretched and lacks some vital assets. A proportion of the delays can be attributed to the fact that airspace is overstretched, and it is overstretched because we have this catastrophic situation with a fragmented sky. While most of us put our feet up, there was no rest for the men and women of our overstretched emergency services. If a state lacks the institutions and capacity required for the provision of basic social services, there is a strong argument for their expansion, rather than the dismantling of structures that are already overstretched. Since the Committee was open to an additional mechanism despite being overstretched, he expected that a careful analysis would first be undertaken to ascertain what value such a mechanism would add. Sony has been facing similar issues with Samsung with its businesses overstretched and lack of innovative products. In addition, audits revealed that in some instances project funds were used to finance core office operations to supplement overstretched office capacities. While little research has been conducted on school supervision systems in developing countries, anecdotal evidence suggests they are overstretched. The growing multidimensionality and complexity of protracted conflicts had caused an abrupt surge in the demand for peacekeeping in recent years and overstretched the Organization's capacity. Quality of services to Member States is at risk in an overstretched office environment, as staff of the Division frequently face multiple priorities at the same time and have to force decision-making processes. These overstretched sarcomeres have little myofilament overlap, and are likely to fail under tension and become disrupted. And Edinburgh consultant Gopi Menon said nurses who become overstretched can also become an infection liability. In that time, he saw all the usual mess-ups that accompany military campaigns, from lack of proper equipment to overstretched troops to commanding incompetence. With its smaller population, Portugal was unable to effectively defend its overstretched network of trading posts, and the empire began a long and gradual decline. Transferring services from hospitals to the community will only work if there is spare capacity in the community and GP's are already overstretched. There is also concern that chronic disease management may get insufficient attention because overstretched GP's are too busy dealing with acute illnesses. With the police overstretched and burglaries constantly on the increase, would-be thieves now know that someone could be watching and are clearly getting the message. Examples from Classical Literature If we try to keep all the old systems and add the new ones, our already overstretched budget will rip apart like a gunnysack. Every vacant post puts more of a burden on already overstretched staff and leaves health boards attempting to plug the gaps by trying to secure temporary locum cover. Blair said he wanted to send a clear message to hoaxers that if they frighten the public and they waste time of overstretched emergency services, they will pay a severe price. Find more words! 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