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The challenge for the government is delivering reforms bold enough to improve a system under enormous strain without alienating parents or leading to a backlash from its own MPs – all within constrained budgets.

From BBC

“You have the perturbations of the conflict and increased humanitarian needs at the same time as a challenging funding environment constrained the delivery environment,” said Julien Harneis, the U.N.’s resident coordinator in Yemen.

From Los Angeles Times

Estonia is small, and land-use limitations sometimes constrained how troops could move.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wind-swept Catherine is as constrained by societal mores as geographic ones.

From Los Angeles Times

Some plants now store extra fuel on-site in case natural gas supplies become constrained.

From The Wall Street Journal