Sentence examples for parties strain from inspiring English sources

In the United States, modern political parties strain to project spontaneity and authenticity onto that which is, in fact, highly ritualized: an onward procession of bumps and setbacks and gaffes that rarely (but occasionally; Bush v. Gore) veers outside the lines.

The two parties symbolize different kinds of people, and to a lesser extent, different positions on gay marriage, gun control and abortion -- though both parties strain to avoid taking action on any of those divisive issues.

Thirdly, as caseload midwifery was deeply embedded as both a professional and an organisational project, the two parties strained to resolve any tensions between these projects.

The essential weakness of the central government, with the ever suspect Congress party straining to maintain its dominance, bodes ill for the pace of change.

Not that knowing the reference would have made the remark funny, but its seeming randomness made Maher sound all the more like a drunk frat boy taking liberties at a party, straining to appear cool and edgy by dropping the n-word.

The central bank has warned that the expensive populism of both parties could strain the economy and spur inflation.

"The parties are straining to represent a country that is in many ways is polarized not just politically but geographically and economically and they're having a hard time doing it," he says.

Whoever replaces Mr Boehner, they will inherit the same party strains that have bedevilled him.

In his early experiments, Medawar injected embryonic mouse donor cells into mice of a different strain, rendering the recipient mice tolerant to future grafts from the donor and not third-party strains [16].

But it was Mr. Obama who was really reeling them in, building the suspense over the choice in a strategic approach that left party operatives straining to decide whether it was a stroke of genius or a miscalculation.

He said a large section of the Tory party were "straining at the leash" to leave the EU and that would be a "terrible thing for the British economy".