The rope broke under the strain.

Tom has been under a great deal of strain lately.

Relations may come under further strain as a set of contentious issues, the details of which were not always agreed to in Naivasha, will need to be resolved.

But the system for protecting human rights at the international level is today under considerable strain.

Many of the suspects are in less developed countries where judicial systems are under strain arising from the prosecution of their own accused.

Many of the suspects are in less developed countries where judicial systems are under strain arising from the prosecution of their own accused.

However, the Committee notes that, as recognized by the State party, the social services are under a tremendous resource strain, in particular the health service.

This relationship, however, is not always without strain.

Now, however, with China rising, global power rebalancing, and the US worn down by two decade long wars that have eroded its credibility, the postwar international order is under intense strain.

Assists in the prevention and recovery of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)

At the same time, many oil exporters are being forced to scale back expenditure plans in the face of sharply falling revenues. Even Saudi Arabia, despite its vast oil and financial reserves, has come under strain, owing to a rapidly rising population and higher military spending associated with conflicts in the Middle East.

The bilateral relationship with the United States is also under strain. President Barack Obama and Erdoğan rarely speak with one another anymore, whereas Obama once considered Erdoğan among his favorite world leaders.

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.

Come out from under the table!

We realize that reporting can be a strain on already limited administrative resources.

Those who suffer most from the crisis claim that the recent rescue plan should have come much earlier, and that economic imbalances in the EU have contributed to the debt crisis in some member states. Others cannot understand why they should bail out countries whose irresponsible misconduct put not only themselves, but also the common currency, under strain.

So that's why every year you can catch a slightly different strain of flu.

However, given the vastness of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the expanded role which the Security Council had decided to give MONUC, the resources and capacity of MONUC had been placed under considerable strain.

This year's swine flu strain grew very poorly in early production basically .6 doses per egg.

Here are stress strain curves generated by tensile testing five fibers made by the same spider.

But what is the matter with the unbelievers, that they strain their glances continuously towards them,

But what is the matter with the unbelievers, that they strain their glances continuously towards them,

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People can come live under the new charter, but no one is forced to live under it.

By August 30th, a genetic test was done, and we knew what strain of polio Shriram had.

A number of critical issues were placing a great strain on the fragile situation on the ground.

On the one hand, it has given rise to some exceptionally corrupt practices, such as organ trafficking, transplant tourism, and many other ugly phenomena associated with a black market in organs. On the other hand, it has put transplant ethics under severe strain.

These CAOs cover 72 of all employees who come under a CAO.

The system is reliable but the problem is you never know how well a strain is going to grow.

All of these challenges are putting a strain on the capacity of the State to accomplish its mission effectively.

That has put a tremendous strain on our roads, which has been exacerbated by high rainfall, flooding and landslides.

The continued high prices of food could strain the already low purchasing power of the chronically food insecure population.

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor.

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,

(So) they should not strain their ears in the direction of the Exalted Assembly but be cast away from every side,

In situations where developing States had hosted large numbers of refugees for many years, longstanding generosity sometimes showed signs of strain.

First, the strain of cases on the ordinary courts was eased with the commencement of Gacaca community trials earlier this year.

As France shuns NATO as the centerpiece of an international response to the Islamic State, Turkey s zero tolerance approach to encroachments on its airspace has put NATO Russian relations under dangerous strain. It is in easing those tensions that the EU has an important role to play.

The attention given to the issue in the Doha Plan of Action was welcome given that the Caribbean economies were under particular strain, caught between withdrawal of the preferences from which they had previously benefited on the one hand and increased trade liberalization on the other.