But he has resisted repeated calls to cede the office he has had for 10 years, the last five of which he held without an election.
Taken together those steps, while modest, represent a significant shift for Japan, which had resisted repeated calls from the United States to become a true regional power for fear that doing so would move it too far from its postwar pacifism.
Mr. Gjaka and his family had managed to stay in their home even during the expulsions and killings of the Kosovo war last spring, and had resisted repeated threats in the months since NATO-led peacekeepers took control of the province.
Ann Widdecombe, who took part in Strictly Come Dancing after retiring as an MP, but has resisted repeated invites to I'm a Celebrity, would have urged Dorries not to take part, she told the Guardian.
This might be one reason the government has resisted repeated calls by the U.S., Cáceres's family, and regional human-rights bodies to allow for an independent, international investigation into Cáceres's murder.
Baosteel has resisted repeated efforts by BHP to raise shipping rates between China and Australia to match the higher rates charged by Brazil.
The governor has resisted repeated calls from the court panel to move quickly to ease crowding in the prisons, prompting the judges to threaten to hold him in contempt.
Typical of 'policy resistance', these problems have 'wickedly' resisted repeated efforts to solve them.
The father of seven has successfully resisted repeated legal attempts to remove him, conducted both by Tory-led Westminster city council and the Labour government.
We use Sanger sequencing to genotype opa sequences (5 ′ -CAX repeats), which have resisted assembly using short sequence reads.
