Sentence examples for strain resources from inspiring English sources

But in the past dozen years, the Catholic population in southern Nevada has doubled, to 390,000, continuing to strain resources.

Mr. Safer said that a major case like Mr. Blagojevich's might strain resources, but that the office tended to use its staff leanly.

The recent EU deal with Afghanistan would put further pressure on the Afghan economy and labour market, strain resources and, according to analysts, might push young men into the ranks of the insurgents.

The N.Y.P.D. is, of course, only one part of the city's criminal-justice system: high numbers of low-level arrests and summonses strain resources for courts, jails, and taxpayers.

Then, as the Dutch started to lose their colonies — mostly to the British — and population growth started to strain resources, the country's golden age ended and a new frugality took hold.

The mining project, which would produce gold concentrate through a process of crushing, grinding and flotation, calls for the use of large quantities of water that could further strain resources.

Lebanon accommodates 317,229 Syrian refugees, despite its severely strained resources.

There are more competitions now than ever, straining resources.

The situation strained resources and led to anti-immigration efforts.

Still, the growth has strained resources, crowding the high school and stretching police and fire protection.

More than four million refugees have fled Syria altogether, straining resources in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq.