Sentence examples for expected to resist from inspiring English sources

The White House is expected to resist the increases.

He is expected to resist talks with Syria and Iran.

Dr. Mahathir was expected to resist an appearance.

Ageing audiences might have been expected to resist novelty.

But diplomats were expected to resist such a move, fearing it would weaken the declaration.

In an age when celebrity rules, Congress can't be expected to resist the allure.

Baghdad is expected to fiercely resist any move by Trump to make good on his pledge to "take the oil" from Iraq to compensate for US spending in the country following the 2003 invasion.

Uefa has said it is open to proposals about the future of the competition, amid disquiet from clubs outside England about the spending power of Premier League clubs in the wake of their £8.3bn TV deal, but is expected to strongly resist any move to propose qualification should be on anything other than merit.

These metallic systems are interesting because the deposits are expected to simultaneously resist to the typical wear of bearing applications as well as to the corrosive environments such as the pre-salt oilfields.

In fact, he said, they were "like tigers" against the Army's VII Corps in 1991, and should be expected to fiercely resist the coming assault.

Of course, heavyweight lobbies such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Restaurant Association -- both of which have long histories of opposing minimum wage increases -- can be expected to strongly resist the president's proposal.