Sentence examples for stretched city from inspiring English sources

To feel threatened by the minga feels illogical when grassroots neighbourhood improvements have the potential to take the pressure off financially stretched city authorities.

He spent much of the first half near the touchline and while his crossing was poor – the first drilled into the sidenetting, the second woefully overhit – his positioning stretched City.

Borini, on loan from Liverpool, stretched City again and threatened to add a second as he raced clear but this time Kompany made amends by making a crucial tackle as he recovered his ground on the Italian.

I was surprised Marouane Fellaini did not get put up there to have some battles with City's centre-halves but instead Louis van Gaal went for Wilson's pace, which stretched City and forced them even further back - maybe he should have made the change sooner.

The late goal stretched City's unbeaten league run to 18 games and the Foxes are now three points clear of second-placed Burnley ahead of Saturday's trip to Turf Moor.

Council Speaker Gifford Miller said his members tried to balance the interests of the newsstand operators with the need for the financially stretched city to raise revenues.

43 min: Liverpool, keeping up their furious tempo, continue to stretch City.

Councilwoman Madeline Provenzano of the Bronx, who is the chairwoman of the Housing and Buildings Committee, said that it would stretch city resources and that it should have focused instead on areas of the city with the greatest need.

And to encourage people to fix their sidewalks quicker and stretch city funds, L.A. also plans to offer property owners a rebate if they choose to repair their buckled sidewalks before the city does, reimbursing them for roughly half of the average cost per square foot of repairs if they make fixes during the first three years of the new program.

When bread lines stretched for city blocks... Angelus Temple was the only place anyone could get a meal, clothing, and blankets, no questions asked.

Years of highway-driven sprawl have stretched the city and its suburbs across more than 700 square miles (up from 530 as recently as 1995), meaning that few people live close to work.