For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth.
It makes you wonder whether the attraction of authoritarianism to authoritarianism, of Republicanism to Putinism, is so powerful that democracy cannot possibly withstand it.
Pakistan cannot afford any movement that threatens to fragment it, and it cannot withstand simultaneous challenges in Kashmir and Afghanistan.
The disadvantage of the zeolite membrane is that it cannot withstand low pH values and that it is more expensive than the polymeric membranes, although prices are expected to decrease when more membranes are produced in the future.
The operator argues that, because it is already losing money at an alarming rate, it cannot withstand further short-term pressure.
Or is their faith so fragile that it cannot withstand the beach's beckon?
Despite all the furious rhetoric after the Paris killings, Isis does not look as if is going to be under pressure that it cannot withstand.
Oregon's attorney general will not defend the state's ban on gay marriage, arguing it cannot withstand a federal constitutional challenge.
But they are better for their people and their promise of stability is worth more than a dictator's bloody cheque.Since the millennium, democracy has struggled to dispel the fear that it cannot withstand Islamism or the economic potency of an authoritarian China (see Banyan).
The all-polyethylene tibial design fails at a high rate because it cannot withstand the demands of this age group for the forces exerted during higher activity levels and the length of use expected after total knee arthroplasty.
