Sentence examples for has historically resisted from inspiring English sources

China, like Russia, has historically resisted sanctions on Iran.

The United States has historically resisted such agreements, even with friendly governments, though it explored a similar arrangement with France early in the Obama administration.

Senate leaders predict that making changes will not be as difficult as some believe, but the Senate has historically resisted such change.

Since he assumed the job in January, Mr. Levy has made a good start toward managing and reshaping a bureaucracy that has historically resisted change.

The Post story provides yet another reason for Congress and the courts to allow full public access to Medicare's physician payment database, which the AMA has historically resisted.

Barbara Ryan, a stock analyst with Deutsche Bank, said Lilly's earnings will decline 35 percent by 2014 unless it makes one of the larger acquisitions it has historically resisted.

Yet these groups have historically resisted all such tax moves, beginning in the time of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Washington asserts that a large international force would be resented by Afghanistan's people, who have historically resisted foreign armies.

Going to the IMF carries a stigma, much in the same way that banks have historically resisted tapping the discount window of the Federal Reserve in the United States.

Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the C.D.C., said hospitals had historically resisted going smoke-free, fearing it would interfere with treatment.

Cable operators have historically resisted paying directly for the right to retransmit stations, but they have softened their stance in recent years, and some stations now receive between 10 cents and 40 cents a month per subscriber.