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Some of its rich-country backers have overstretched budgets of their own, to put it mildly.

Yet it's difficult to shake the suspicion that Yentob and co have overstretched themselves; the sheer number of comics gives the show a baggy, unfocused feel.

This is the worst season in 20 years for Liverpool, on the field and at the bank, where the club's American owners have overstretched the debt.

It aims to ease a global glut after more than two years of low prices that have overstretched many governments' budgets and spurred unrest in some countries.

"Arab spring became Arab winter" March 18 , 2014In the case of Ukraine our western partners have overstretched their limit, says Putin.

It seems to me that you have overstretched the attachment of the achilles tendon to the back of the heel, and that needs care.

LAWRENCE WRIGHT: I think we've overstretched our ambitions in Afghanistan.

Unlike his former mentor Gordon Ramsay, no one seems to be levelling the accusation at Atherton that he has overstretched.

As a columnist in The Sunday Telegraph, Jeff Randall, saw matters: "Recent helter-skelter expansion has overstretched resources, financial and human.

And it states that, under Labour, the government has overstretched the armed forces, leaving them without sufficient reserves.

In the end, the City viewed ICI as a conglomerate that had overstretched itself and was ripe for unbundling.