However, the city was strapped for cash and did not have funds readily available.

But the city government, strapped for cash and limited in its ability to borrow money, can only do so much.

But can a city already strapped for cash afford these cuts?

Big cities, on the other hand, are almost always strapped for cash to build housing.

In a city strapped for cash, however, that is just one more competing need.

"The fact that the Clinton campaign has been strapped for cash is a problem, but it's not overwhelming."

Parents said the schools already were so strapped for cash that learning was being sacrificed.

That left me sole owner of the business, but strapped for cash.

However, the new company was strapped for cash, and began failing almost immediately.

That can happen when an airline is strapped for cash.