But to her credit, she never gave up, and last winter, five years into our marriage, I finally acceded, partly because I wanted to be the type of husband who makes his wife happy, and partly because at age 40 I wanted to prove to myself that I could outrun the long tentacles of my childhood.
"We acceded to that because it was important, but to blame the court for granting an extension that's been requested by the government … would be unfair.
Pat acceded to the arrangement because she had no idea of any possible life without Naipaul, and because her only sense of pleasure or worth came in his continued dependence on her steadying presence and judgment.
Rome, for its part, acceded to Frederick's wishes because it needed German financial support for a planned military campaign that it hoped to sponsor against the Ottoman Empire whose forces were poised to invade central Europe from Hungary and because Frederick was one of the seven electors who would choose the successor of the ailing Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I.
He said morgue officials and others acceded to the reduced official count because they feared the militias, the death squads and the government.
A person close to the Military Council suggested to me that some demands would be acceded to, but he remained frustrated because, no matter how much was given, people kept asking for more.
Nevertheless, the Greeks acceded to the payment of £4,000, though, because of the loss of some papers, a commission awarded Pacifico only £150.
Thursday's Franco-German proposal marked a breakthrough because it was the first time Paris had overtly acceded to the demands for mandatory refugee quotas.
The State Department vetoed the company's work here because of Equatorial Guinea's poor human rights record, but finally acceded under President Bush in 2005 amid promises of reform by Mr. Obiang's government, according to Human Rights Watch.
However, I have acceded to an application to hold part of the hearing in private because on the evidence I have heard certain parties to the litigation have felt intimidated or threatened with reprisals".
