Sentence examples for was also stretched from inspiring English sources

(The royals wished to see the race start underneath a terrace at Windsor Castle, so their children could watch; for their benefit, the race was also stretched at the other end to include a full lap of the old White City stadium).

Scotland Yard is also stretched by responsibilities outside London.

Valuations are also stretched, but to a lesser degree in Paris, Geneva, Tokyo and Frankfurt.

The perception of time, as it relates to psychological distance, is also stretched.

"I'm trying to do my job as well as I can, but I'm also stretched to maximum limit.

Cuts mean the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is also stretched, say lawyers, leading to papers not being available either to defence solicitors or magistrates on time.

It is also stretched by the demands for compensation from people whose livelihoods, at least for the time being, have been ruined by the disaster.

(In a battle for Nasiriya with the Ottomans in 1915, the overconfident British, whose supply lines were also stretched thin, lost 500 men).

They say that their forces are also stretched thin by the Balkan operation and that Americans do not seem to appreciate that they provide most of the economic aid.

Thongs are also stretched across the open side of the drum to form a handle; the singer usually holds the drum in his left hand and strikes the head with a stick held in his right hand.

Nurses are also stretched now because of the amount of paperwork they have to do.