Sentence examples for could be stretching from inspiring English sources

Given that large savings havebeen made already by the Government Procurement Service – about £1.2bn in 2012/13 (though this covers the whole of the public sector) – this target could be stretching.

"But what might have happened here is instead of doing that, he gave personal funds to political parties to make political expenditures for him, and that could be stretching the rules".

PAGE 2 A PRETENDER TO THE PATHRONE' THRONE It could be stretching reality to suggest that New England quarterback Tom Brady (the icon) might lose his job to Matt Cassel (the intern who just got a raise), but is it beyond the realm?

(OK, weeks could be stretching it, but I was feeling the love and I was on a roll).

In matters like this the truth could be stretched.

Fang found that the structures could be stretched to three times their original length without breaking.

Individual PCL fibers could be stretched elastically (without permanent deformation) to strains of 19 23%.

The gooey gel could be stretched out into long, fragile strings.

The loan, which has already been extended once, could be stretched out again, one banker said.

Limited uranium supplies could be stretched if industry could recover five or six of these atoms, but there is not enough processing capacity worldwide to do so.

But none of them knew just how far the system could be stretched without a major breakdown.