Sentence examples for for having resisted from inspiring English sources

She is to be applauded for having resisted the temptation to conclude that Gray is from Uranus.

Its targets have been smallholder farmers in remote locations, who are naturally rightwing for having resisted nationalisation under communism.

The minutes added: "It was … clear that the proposed settlement gave GS no additional penalty for having resisted for five more years".

But later I would hear that in the provinces some had dared to dissent, that in parts of the country – known for having resisted orders to kill during the genocide – only 10% of the people had voted for the president.

At all events, I found myself grateful to Mrs. Tooley for having resisted adding her own gray head to that ocean of gray heads in the William J. Foley Project, and one warm spring day I started up Montgomery Street to look for her rooming house.

In the Argentinean context, INTA is famous for having resisted a fierce period of privatizations in the '90s and for being able to adapt itself to the different national economic policies applied.

Peter Trego was last to go for 42, having resisted for over two hours, but no other Somerset batsman reached 30.

Having resisted change for so long, the prospect that his lifestyle could kill him became a reality.

Attached to its energy independence from Russia, Poland, for one, has resisted calls for restrictive European legislation on shale gas.

McCourt, who bought the team in 2004 for $421 million, had resisted selling the real estate, preferring to rent the lots for $14 million a year to the team's new owner.

C.I.A. officials for months have resisted requests by Mr. Zardari to share the drone technology.