Sentence examples for strained finances from inspiring English sources

St. Martin's strained finances have also taken their toll.

And the nation's strained finances – and paralyzed politics -- limit what government can do to help.

It weakens the latter's claim that Abbott's strained finances make it unwilling to complete the acquisition.

Early in 1990, the price of oil fell sharply, putting further pressure on Iraq's already strained finances.

But after strained finances forced him to work as an elevator operator at the Waldorf-Astoria, he returned to Ireland.

And, despite repeated assurances from Athens, the nation's strained finances have put already jittery financial markets on edge.

The potential fraud, which the company blamed on a former sales agent for the company, Javier Romero, could stretch Suntech's already-strained finances to the breaking point.

Moreover, some state disaster relief is financed post hoc, and highly strained state finances make such efforts difficult to sustain.

A central part of Mr Chirac's manifesto in 2002 was to cut income taxes by a third; so far, he has managed just 10%, and more cuts will be hard for his finance minister, Hervé Gaymard, to make, given the strained public finances.Why does he have so little to boast about?Nor is there much evidence of reforming ambition for the rest of Mr Chirac's term.

Hollande in turn blamed him for mismanaging France's strained public finances.

The slow growth and strained government finances of recent years will soon be dramatically amplified by demography.