Sentence examples for they were overstretched from inspiring English sources

News coming from America overnight that one of the two Paris gunmen underwent training in Yemen with al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) reinforced his point.Mr Parker's second theme was that, while Britain's security services (MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the police) were uncovering wave after wave of terrorist plots, they were overstretched and could not guarantee this success would continue.

It says providers could not provide the standards of care everyone wanted to see if they were overstretched.

My grandma's final days (which lasted about two years) were mottled with difficult questions: "When are you taking me away from here?" "Can I live with you?" "Do you have any money to get me better care?" It should be said that her carers were great, but they were overstretched.

Hospital staff members were able to tend to her sporadically, but they are overstretched.

In the past, the French have argued that they are overstretched by commitments elsewhere, notably in Africa.

She meets dedicated and hard-working social workers all the time, she says, but increasingly they say they are overstretched.

She's been told it could take until late July for her to see a psychiatrist, because "there's not enough money so they're overstretched".

Yet as Lord Robertson, NATO's chief, complains with exasperation, most of the rest are too badly trained, equipped or funded for missions like Iraq; governments moan that they are overstretched.

But they're overstretched and casualties are mounting, sending a steady stream of bodies back to the city.

According to de le Vingne, MSF is the only organization capable to provide isolation centers and they're "overstretched".

The Greek coastguards rescue as many boats as they can, Thanasis says, but with only two response vessels, they are overstretched.