Sentence examples for strained partnership from inspiring English sources
The phrase "strained partnership" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a partnership that is experiencing difficulties or tension between the parties involved.
Example: "The recent disagreements over project direction have led to a strained partnership between the two companies."
Alternatives: "tense collaboration" or "difficult alliance".
Even Gilbert and Sullivan had flops ("Princess Ida" in 1884, for example), and Mike Leigh made the story of their sometimes strained partnership and their career ups and downs into TOPSYTURVY (1999), one of last yar's best-reviewed films.
The two formed a strained partnership that yielded as grumpily and inevitably as the fixer-upper.
A Strained Partnership After the spill, the government and BP were supposed to cooperate, partly a consequence of laws written after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill that were intended to make polluters more accountable for cleaning up their own messes.
Mr. de Montebello and Mr. Luers were said to have had a strained partnership, one that was dissolved in 1999, when Mr. de Montebello was given full charge of the museum, and Mr. Luers retired.
Yet differing approaches to basic principles of how to conduct international business have strained the partnership.
This was followed by Marty, a series of sketches and gags held together by the basilisk-eyed Feldman, which picked up many awards but further strained the partnership.
Labor, with 24 parliamentary seats, joined forces with Mr. Sharon in a unity government after he won a landslide victory in national elections last year, but differences over policy toward the Palestinians have occasionally strained the partnership and raised pressures within Labor to leave the coalition.
Late arrival of the 43-foot-long Zvezda, delayed more than 19 months because of financial problems in cash-strapped Russia and trouble with the Proton booster rocket that eventually sent it into space two weeks ago, has stymied space station construction and strained the international partnership sponsoring the ambitious project.
The strained yet symbiotic partnership between Miami supercops Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey has landed them a promotion to Miami's TNT Tactical Narcotics Teamm).
Organizations like the Strive Partnership are an effective response, presenting a useful strain of resourcefulness, and an antidote to the paralysis of our times.
Kushner had a honeymoon period with the paper's longtime editor, Peter Kaplan, but the partnership grew strained.
