Sentence examples for ground resisting from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Tenet stood his ground, resisting demands from both sides.

Social conservatives and libertarians, the two wings of the American right, found common ground resisting these prescriptions.

His remarks come a day after Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, argued that George Osborne's autumn statement had given Labour the chance to become the party of the centre ground, resisting extremist and ideological plans to reduce spending on public services to the level of the 1930s.

Some buildings that were on slightly raised ground resisted destruction, burial or inundation by the flows but were left isolated within the flow.

Francis raised the flaps and added full power, keeping her butt over the center of the runway while pushing forward on the yoke to keep it grounded, resisting the trim that helped her fly smoothly moments before.

Pushing down with all my strength is getting me nowhere, and the harder I try, the more the ground resists.

A Japanese tradition likens this tough endurance and core strength to wheat: wheat sprouts in cold, harsh winters, is trampled on, but with deep roots in the ground resists cold and wind and grows straight into productive and beautiful plants.

So the two will find common ground in resisting what are perceived to be Western interests.

States would have constitutional grounds for resisting - the same grounds that allowed southern states to argue in favor of preserving slavery.

Given Heathrow's lousy service, airlines have good grounds for resisting such an increase.Mr Del Pino seems to have little room for manoeuvre.

2.01pm GMT On his Head of Legal blog, Carl Gardner has posted the Metropolitan police's grounds for resisting David Miranda's judicial review claim.