Sentence examples for grounds for resisting from inspiring English sources

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.

Ministers have good grounds for resisting that, at least: as we reported last week, ROCs are a very expensive sort of greenery.On the other hand, Britain needs urgently to attract around £200 billion worth of investment in new, low-carbon power plants.

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

He was apprehended that night and spent the next three years behind bars, trying unsuccessfully to win asylum on the ground he had been persecuted for resisting China's one-child policy.

I give Mr Obama the win here because he stayed cool and grounded, but I give Mr McCain credit for resisting the temptation to lunge over the podium and wreak some havoc.

Bieber was further charged for resisting arrest.

Are they responsible for resisting oppression?

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

For optimal psychological health, take the moral high ground and resist the urge to react to a jerk like a jerk.

Others preferred to stand their ground and resist family pressure.