Sentence examples for strained this year from inspiring English sources

Sanchez Vicario and Novotna, whose off-court relationship has been strained this year, are ending their partnership after this tournament.

That's why he has to tell her -- but his family relationships, both with Vera and his sons, become incredibly strained this year and he goes from being this... very good family man to someone who very well may end up alone.

Torre, whose relationship with Steinbrenner was strained this year, recognized what was happening when Steinbrenner needled Zimmer, Torre's close ally.

Relations between the US and Pakistani intelligence have been increasingly strained this year after the arrest of a CIA operative, Raymond Davis, in Pakistan and the revelation that Osama bin Laden had been in hiding near Islamabad.

South Asia specialists said that Mr. Obama's telephone conversation, along with a call that Mrs. Clinton made to Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Saturday, could help patch up the relationship, which had been strained this year by the killing of two Pakistanis in Lahore by an American contractor and by the Navy Seals raid that killed Osama bin Laden.

But Dettori's partnership with Godolphin became strained this year, as young riders Mickael Barzalona and Silvestre de Sousa were recruited and the top rides for the stable were no longer guaranteed.

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CrcZ and CrcX regulate carbon source utilization in Pseudomonas syringae pathovar tomato strain DC3000.

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Expression plasmids were maintained in Agrobacteria tumefaciens strain LBA4404.

We used Escherichia coli strain MG1655 [ 19].