Sentence examples for been overstretched from inspiring English sources

Social workers warn they have been overstretched for decades, and central government cuts of around 50% in many boroughs won't ease that strain.

In addition to crime, she argued, the police have also been overstretched by a doubling in the number of street protests last year, mostly held near the grounds of the United Nations in connection with the Arab Spring upheaval.

Although the panel did not find any evidence that the firm had knowingly skimped on safety, it concluded that budgets had been inadequate and that staff had been overstretched.

Having already reconfigured hokey 80s cop show 21 Jump Street as a sparky comic vehicle for Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill, they dare to suggest the joke has been overstretched.

Once Lehman collapsed, rivals were so concerned it been overstretched by the acquisition of ABN Amro the previous autumn that it too could have faced collapse, say government sources.

We have fizzled out a little at the end where we have probably been overstretched".

Our military is overstretched.

Naturally, it is overstretched.

The army was overstretched.

Primary care doctors already are overstretched.

We see social workers were overstretched.