11.   But the conflict in Kosovo has also badly stretched the resources of countries not used to large influxes of refugees.

12.   City resources are stretched too thin to eliminate graffiti as quickly as she and other neighbors would like.

13.   Defense officials say they have already stretched their resources to fly round-the-clock combat air patrols over New York and Washington as well as irregular missions over other metropolitan areas.

14.   Financial resources have been stretched thin by low state and federal government reimbursement, nursing home administrators say.

15.   In the meantime, resources are stretched.

16.   It really stretched our resources.

17.   Medical staff members from the Red Cresent also said their resources were stretched to the limit.

18.   Other agencies will see their resources stretched by the conference, too.

19.   She needed to stretch her resources, since her parents had set aside a specified amount for her education.

20.   That gives biologists a new vantage point for studying animals and stretches their resources.