Sentence examples for could withstand for from inspiring English sources

Decked out in a full body heat-proof proximity suite in the Oceanic country of Vanuatu, Cossman captured towering geysers of molten rock from a vantage point no normal human could withstand for more than six seconds.

He also argued that developers should have to guarantee that their properties could withstand flooding for the first 10 or so years of their construction.

Believing that Bobovac could withstand the siege for two years, Stephen Tomašević planned to assemble an army in Jajce, still counting on foreign aid.

These results indicate that most of the cells could withstand mitotic arrest for 24 48 h but accumulated an apoptotic signal, which relied at least partially on Bcl-xL.

The mixed messages have emboldened Honduras' de facto government, which estimated that it could withstand the diplomatic pressure for at least six months and hold a new presidential election as called for in its Constitution.

And it worked: we managed to get to the point where we could withstand gang-tickling without reacting for long enough to make the bullies lose interest.

Between the American Civil War and World War I, railroads reached their peak in the United States and elsewhere, increasing the need for bridges that could withstand these heavier loads.

Best results are obtained for Mo0.58 Si0.28 B0.14, which could withstand all oxidation treatments tested.

The need for long-lasting rations captured the public's imagination during the early days of the space race, when scientists looked for foods that could withstand the conditions of space travel.

"I thought if we could just get the Republican vote out," he said, "we could withstand whatever Democrats and independents came out for McCain.

The E.U. authorities still need to set a schedule for checking whether reactors could withstand a wider range of terror attacks, possibly including cyber attacks.