Sentence examples for have already strained from inspiring English sources

Indeed, differences over how to handle the preparations have already strained relations between Wim Duisenberg, head of the ECB, and Didier Reynders, Belgium's finance minister.

The high-profile arrests have already strained relations between Australia and China, touched off an investigation into corruption in the world's biggest steel industry and turned Mr. Hu, now in his 50s, into an unlikely pawn in a power struggle over who controls the price of one of the world's most valuable commodities.

It has prompted fears that hundreds of thousands more refugees could head for Europe, exacerbating a crisis that has already strained the very foundations of the European Union.

Syria, with a fast-growing population, has already strained to accommodate more than a million Iraqi refugees in the years since the 2003 invasion.

The measure, which passed in a stormy Knesset session late on Monday, has been met with international condemnation, and has already strained relations within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's governing rightwing coalition.

But the affair has already strained confidence: the peso has depreciated, and the country's credit rating has been downgraded.Moreover, foreign governments and international financial institutions may be reluctant to help while Mr Mejía remains in power.

A ramped-up battle against yellow fever had already strained the global supply of vaccine.

China will need to import products to serve that middle class, particularly since domestic manufacturing has already strained the country's resources and created problems with pollution.

The fear of conversion has already strained relations between Muslims and the Christian minority, who make up around nine per cent of the country's population and are typically ethnic Chinese and Indians.

The corruption scandal has already strained Rousseff's ties with her main coalition partner, theBrazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).

And Trump's Education Department has already strained its relationship with historically black colleges and universities, with a number of moves critics fear could lead to lost funding.