Sentence examples for it was resisted from inspiring English sources
It was resisted by the trust at the time.
The Labour government under Tony Blair opened up some public service provision to external bodies including third sector organisations but it was resisted by unions.
An international reinforcement of some 2,000 men had left Tianjin for Beijing before the siege, but on the way it was resisted by the Boxers and forced back to Tianjin.
No denial of this claim was made in respect of the real estate; but as to the personalty it was resisted upon the ground that the property was not within the jurisdiction of the state for taxation purposes and to enforce the demand would violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
It was resisted inside the Pentagon and in Congress.
It was resisted locally by the Cabildo and the Royal Audiencia; the nearby plazas of Montevideo and Paraguay did not recognize it; and Santiago de Liniers organized a counter-revolution at Córdoba.
Although it seemed to weaken when it was resisting the cancer, it became remarkably effective once the cancer started.
The best and most expensive IT system will be ineffective if it is resisted by its users.
The process is inexorable – unless it's resisted.
The West should be realistic about Arab prospects, while encouraging reform even as it is resisted in Syria and elsewhere.
