Sentence examples for have long strained from inspiring English sources

The president's comments came during a news conference at the end of a summit meeting of North American leaders aimed at increasing cooperation in the region and resolving some of the issues that have long strained trilateral relations among the countries, whose people and economies depend heavily on one another.

(Reuters) MEXICO: BORDER CZAR -- President-elect Vicente Fox Quesada said that after he takes office in December, he will appoint a "czar" to help resolve border issues that have long strained relations between the United States and Mexico.

Aronofsky has long strained after art of a vast mythopoetic magnitude.

The case had long strained Libya's relations with the European Union.

The theology of Hell had long strained credulity too far, even in the Middle Ages.

This small Persian Gulf nation, a strategic ally of the United States, has long strained against the pressure of the political tensions between a Shiite majority and a king and ruling class of the Sunni minority.

It faces daunting challenges from China Inc. and the free software movement, and its high-margin boxes may yet fall under the same relentless cost pressure that has long strained most hardware businesses.

Relations between Karzai and the British have long been strained.

But its relations with the Iraqi Baathists have long been strained.

The Miami police and some local and state politicians have long had strained relationships with residents in many of the city's black neighborhoods.

Relations between Estonia's government and its Russian minority have long been strained.