Sentence examples for for withstand from inspiring English sources

Higher incomes often represent a greater capacity to prepare for, withstand, and recover from environmental disasters, perhaps fostering a greater sense that nature has a more stable balance.

Since joining the Foundation in 2005, Dr. Rodin has recalibrated its focus to meet the challenges of the 21st century and to support and shape innovations to expand opportunity worldwide and build greater resilience by helping people, communities and institutions prepare for, withstand and emerge stronger from acute shocks and chronic stresses.

As part of the partnership with the Rockefeller Foundation, a dedicated section within Guardian Cities will focus on the issue of urban resilience, the ability of a city to prepare for, withstand, and rebound more quickly and effectively from acute shocks and chronic stresses.

Today, The Rockefeller Foundation pursues this mission through dual goals: advancing inclusive economies that expand opportunities for more broadly shared prosperity, and building resilience by helping people, communities and institutions prepare for, withstand, and emerge stronger from acute shocks and chronic stresses.

Before the 1970s, many of the bridges were not designed for withstand earthquakes.

Both components are inter-related and inherently 'social' in that it is social processes that largely determine different abilities to avoid, prepare for, withstand and recover from impacts of hazards (Wisner et al. 2004).

The prisoners involved are selected in large part according to their fitness for withstanding the intensity.

Those tires had the lowest possible rating for withstanding high temperatures.

"My husband is so proud of me, and I'm so proud of him for withstanding what he's withstanding".

Based among the Shia poor in Lebanon, Hezbollah gained popularity for withstanding Israel and for its welfare system.

That could include, he suggested, creating a less-centralized electric grid and building housing according to stronger codes for withstanding high winds and flooding.