Sentence examples for strain ties from inspiring English sources

Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki issued a stern statement Tuesday night that was likely to strain ties further.

Last week's attack on the Indian soldiers, among the worst since the two sides signed a cease-fire agreement in 2003, is likely to strain ties further.

In a move likely to strain ties further, it accused Georgia, with which Russia has frozen relations since its August 2008 war over South Ossetia, another breakaway region, of aiding the plot.

US forces in Afghanistan have accidentally shot a four year old boy dead in bad weather, Afghan officials have said, in the latest incident to strain ties between the uneasy allies.

Proposals "fetter UK's discretion", insists crime minister Norman Baker MP US forces in Afghanistan have accidentally shot a four year old boy dead in bad weather, Afghan officials have said, in the latest incident to strain ties between the uneasy allies.

NAIROBI, Kenya — The African Union and the Somali government said Thursday that they had set up a joint team to investigate allegations by a Somali woman that she was held hostage and gang-raped by international peacekeepers, in a case that has prompted local outrage and could strain ties between the public and foreign troops in the country.

Marian Gaborik, back after missing a game with a groin-muscle strain, tied the score 2-2 with 51 seconds left in the first period.

Additionally, strain TIE-1 was annotated as an iron oxidizer.

Strain TIE-1 had the only entry "Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis [J]" with unique Pfam domain (PF05746, DALR_1) being an all alpha helical domain is the anticodon binding domain in Arginyl and glycyl tRNA synthetase.

Erdogan's close ties with Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers have further strained ties.

That ban strained ties with the United States until December 1997, when Colombia reinstated extradition.