Sentence examples for most overstretched from inspiring English sources

With 50,000 policemen for a population of around 100m or 50 per 100,000 Bihar has one of the most overstretched forces in India.

Working in 15 schools supported by The David Rattray Foundation, Fuel discovered that many were not completely committed to the programme: menus and nutritional advice were confusing, children weren't fed on time and schools didn't understand the role they played in choosing their service provider, often picking the cheapest and most overstretched.

Of course, there are a truckload of other reasons trainee teachers don't stick around, but there's no denying that in those first few months – when we're at our most clueless, overstretched and inexperienced – a flaky mentor does not help.

(Public probation has had its share of scandals, too, often owing to the simple fact that government-run offices in most states are grossly overstretched).

Most healthcare professionals are overstretched and under-resourced, so it's hardly surprising that many mothers don't get the help they need.

Traditional support systems including food gifts, cash and loans that serve as a safety net for most families were already overstretched due to successive droughts.

This, and the call on players for national team duty, inevitably means that most coveted players are already overstretched.

My hunch is it's just one of those things that nobody at the Rugby Football League has the time to organise because they're desperately overstretched and spend most of their time firefighting.

Most UK prisons have basic, overstretched healthcare departments with no internal hospital facilities.

Secondly, for pathology services, the additional work created by the screening Pilot had most impact in the already overstretched and understaffed laboratories, although pathology staff were able to accommodate the extra workload.

Most MPs offices are closer to overstretched small businesses than anything else, and no one's surprised if a small business goes under, whether from incompetence, honest mistakes, or someone's hand in the till.