Sentence examples for too overstretched from inspiring English sources

Pakistan says its forces are too overstretched to take on militants in North Waziristan, and that neither Mr. Haqqani nor the tribes in that area not attacking targets inside Pakistan.

He was holding down some part-time jobs and trying to break into the business the old-fashioned way – sending hundreds of letters to directors who were too overstretched to respond or take a risk on an unknown.

In July 2015, Assad admitted his forces were too overstretched after a string of spectacular advances by the rebels fighting to topple him.

Many of the clinics are simply too overstretched to cater to these women's needs and some pregnant patients are reluctant to return to the hospital because of fears of aftershocks.

As preparations for the offensive commenced, the attack's starting points were positioned on stretches of front to the rear of the German Sixth Army, largely preventing the Germans from reinforcing those sectors quickly where Axis units were too overstretched to occupy effectively.

Some health systems may be too overstretched to accommodate an increase in demand that may accompany the introduction of conditional cash transfers (i.e. the provision of money to households on the condition that they comply with certain health and healthcare-seeking behaviours) [ 14, 15].

The young perspective is the novel's principal charm, but the tone is disrupted with too many overstretched exchanges anxious to tell us things we already know.

Now, Galvanize is revealing that it, too, may have overstretched, saying in a statement obtained by Reuters that it plans to lay off 11percentt of staffers  —  totaling 37 employees — at its headquarters in Denver.

It's at least 20 minutes too long, and feels overstretched in the second half.

If Isis is overstretched, so too are its opponents, particularly the Kurds who have to defend a 650-mile-long frontier with the new "caliphate" declared by its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on 29 June.

Not only are lawmakers concerned that the Fed will lose its independence, they worry that it could become overstretched and too powerful.