Brotherly tempers started to get strained.

This constitutional mechanism has been strained by recent events.

During his reign, relations with the British became increasingly strained.

In fact, in many countries, the government s capacity is already strained.

We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say .

We are aware that your heart is strained by what they say .

During the reporting period, the political situation in the country remained strained.

Despite the signing of the treaty, relations between the two countries remained strained.

DAKAR The world economic downturn and financial market tremors have strained budgets across Africa.

Turkey s links with Israel, for example, have been strained by Israeli investment in Kurdistan.

The recent violence in Khartoum and Juba undoubtedly strained intercommunal relations in those two cities.

As a result, the existing law is here on strained terms with an established practice.

Nevertheless, in this highly volatile security context, the capacity of the United Nations force is severely strained with the addition of new responsibilities resulting from Security Council resolutions 1572 (2004) and 1584 (2005), as well as the redeployment of the force imposed by the events of November 2004.

President Barack Obama recently journeyed to Moscow in order to reset strained United States Russian ties.

In some countries, debt servicing has strained valuable resources that could otherwise be channelled to development.

The idea that the world s largest economies are merely facing a short term panic looks increasingly strained.

There was patent gloating about the German defeat everywhere, only thinly disguised behind strained expressions of solidarity.

Such mass migration will severely hurt already strained social relations in some countries and lead to unpredictable consequences.

With all the attention devoted to strained transatlantic relations, it is easy to overlook how often our preoccupations overlap.

Malawi maintained close relations with South Africa throughout the Apartheid era, which strained Malawi's relationships with other African countries.

The Appeals Chamber is bound to be strained as trials are completed by both the ICTR and the ICTY.

Relations with the United States were strained in mid 2006 when Iraq criticized Israeli attacks on Hezbollah forces in Lebanon.

However, the date coincided with a University of Texas American football team home game, which would have strained Austin's tourism infrastructure.

It should be noted by way of context that political relations between the two countries were seriously strained at that time.

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That is highly debatable.

It is highly dangerous.

Until such changes occur, many challenges will fall through the cracks that exist between a strained Pax Americana and a rebalancing world.

The US Turkish partnership, badly strained by the war in Iraq, was reinvigorated by President Barack Obama s visit to Turkey in June.

A giant crane strained to lift a 12 foot high slab, yanking it back and forth like some dinosaur gnawing its prey.

These differences were highly significant.

Unfortunately, that is highly unlikely.

World trade is highly imbalanced.

Cigarettes are also highly addictive.

Immunization is also highly effective.

This, however, is highly unlikely.

The Department was highly decentralized.

Moreover, it is highly dangerous.

Strained political relations among most of Asia s sub regions make a region wide security structure or more effective resource cooperation difficult to achieve.

The quality of mercy is not strained that is, constrained, or obligatory she tells Shylock, but rather something that falls freely, like rain.

She spoke of the strained relations between the Cayman Islands and the administering Power and of the ever increasing disparity of their interests.

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At the Phi Phi Hill Resort, I was tucked into the corner furthest away from the television, but I strained to listen for information.

But today, the European Union is stymied by having squandered the chance to build stronger institutions when times were better and tempers less strained.

His attack on the legislation, which continued unremittingly throughout May and into June and July, further strained his already tense relationship with the government.