You strain at a gnat and swallow a camel.

It is a strain to think that governments have the same motivations as private citizens.

France has banned a strain of genetically modified maize.

Awaits when you will strain ears.

The liquid does not strain well.

Globalization is under strain as never before.

Levin was already wearied by the mental strain.

The chosen tools may sometimes strain our liberal temperament.

I don't think this chain will stand the strain.

Elsewhere in the Middle East, Turkey's generally positive relations with Israel have come under strain as a result of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield.

The Russian strain of political messianism is pretty much exhausted.

Health care costs will rise, increasing the strain on budgets.

And experts worry that the novel H1N1 virus could mutate into a more severe strain.

NOTES Tigers RHP Anibal Sanchez was shut down with a strain in his throwing shoulder.

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

Strain the cooked okra, and pour onto the shrimp (5 min).

Relations between the US and Germany have come under strain following claims that the NSA bugged Chancellor Angela's Merkel's phone.

So far, a relatively small number of human beings have died from the current strain of avian influenza, and it appears that they have all been in contact with infected birds.

The Austrian school is a very minority strain even in academia , he says. Who are those libertarians?

Atiku's huge influence balances the perceived Christian millenarian strain of Obasanjo's presidency.

For example, refugees leaving Sudan can strain the stability of neighboring Chad.

Population pressures will ease, as will the strain on fragile tropical ecosystems.

Our celebrated welfare state will come under strain from an aging population.

Pressurized below shows the strain Nepalis were living under during the blockade.

To what extent the EU can take this strain, only time will tell.

The competitive strain in Sino Japanese relations is especially visible in energy politics.

The immense response by central banks and finance ministries has eased the strain.

Under tremendous strain, Tymoshenko s government succeeded in keeping the budget deficit under control.

Sanchez, on the disabled list with a shoulder strain since mid August, was scheduled to be activated for a Wednesday start.

To pay back the debt without strain, we need a booming economy. Talk of government spending cuts is premature.

India s media sphere exploded last week with reports from Mumbai of a tuberculosis strain completely resistant to all known treatment.

In countries like Germany, which have been on the ropes since the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, a continuation of stagnation or outright recession would deeply strain budgets and credibility.

BERLIN When placed under too much strain, chains tend to break at the weakest link.

A decisive European policy will improve, rather than strain, relations with Russia, because it will result in more clarity and predictability.

The yellow fever virus vaccine, a live attenuated strain called 17D, is probably the safest and most effective vaccine ever generated.

If Mexico were to enter war against the U.S. it would strain relations with those nations.

Periods in which trade grows at a slower pace than output are rare, and reflect severe strain on the global economy s health.

To be sure, good surveillance is needed in order to obtain early warning that a strain of H5N1 flu transmissible between humans has been detected, so that nations around the world can rapidly initiate a variety of public health measures, including a program to produce large amounts of vaccine against that strain.

I say we're going to take a long lived strain of mouse, which basically means mice that live about three years on average.

Bukenya has long promoted a new strain of African rice that grows in uplands (as opposed to wetland paddies) and requires less water.

In 2017, with an economic crisis and public funds under strain, violence in Rio de Janeiro reached its highest levels in a decade.

More formally, the electrostriction coefficient is a fourth rank tensor (formula_1), relating second order strain (formula_2) and first order polarization tensors (formula_3, formula_4).

The strain on Syria s neighbors is immense, and the conflict is inexorably seeping into the wider region.

Under this strain, medical research scientists are susceptible to the dream that their instruments and procedures have somehow freed them from the limitations of their minds and bodies.

This is a function of a particularly virulent strain of cholera and underlying issues a weak national health system, poor sanitary conditions, and a lack of clean water and other basic services.