Sentence examples for could withstand on from inspiring English sources

Premier Alex Scott declined the offer, believing the island could withstand on its own.

Physically, he was strong and could withstand hardship on campaigns.

"We were not confident any could withstand flooding on the first floor without a loss of power," said the city's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas A. Farley, who was working in New Orleans at Tulane University at the time of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005.

"We were not confident any could withstand flooding on the first floor without a loss of power and an inability for them to be rescued quickly," Farley told me last September.

To determine the length of time that insects could withstand radiation on a particular part of the body (head, thorax, or abdomen), insects were monitored for CO2 release using flow-through respirometry while being observed with x-rays.

Tow surfing also taught us that we could withstand wiping out on waves much bigger than we thought".

It seemed like an extravagance to hire someone to water and weed, and anyway, I figured, the flowers could withstand a few weeks on their own.

"There are very few health systems in the world that could withstand a health crisis on this scale, but it is right to say we need to learn lessons from how the WHO and the international community responded.

This might include new curbs on provincial governments' spending, and a commitment to a new "fiscal convertibility" law that is supposed to place limits on the deficit, but would take effect only next year.Mr Fernandez this week stressed that Argentina could withstand any speculative attack on the currency.

This guy is a surfer and wanted to make a watch that could withstand a heavy pounding on some of the island's amazing beaches.

Moss said that from the moment he returned, he was sure that the knee could withstand the sharp cuts required on his routes.