Sentence examples for measures to resist from inspiring English sources

While only Congress could declare war, the chief executive did have a lawful responsibility to take measures to resist insurrection.

Over on the Savage Nation, Michael Savage proposed unorthodox new measures to resist the new airport security measures – reversing his earlier opinion that they were an unpleasant necessity to protect us from terrorists.

The freezing differences between the sand gravel pile and the silt sand foundation due to the different heat conductivity also illustrate that the fine gravel layer can be a better measure to resist the frozen heave in the road engineering in cold regions.

We postulate, for reasons yet to be determined, that boys are more likely than girls to respond positively to injury prevention measures, and/or to resist risky injury behaviours.

When SB 1070 was due to take effect, a number of cities around the state (including Tucson) voted to support lawsuits against the measure and to resist implementing its most draconian provisions.

Total radical antioxidant protection (TRAP) as a measure of the ability to resist oxidative stress was measured using an oxygen electrode (YSI Model 5331) according to Wayner et al. [ 19].

And, two, voters, and therefore politicians, are likely to resist measures that increase energy prices.

General Javani said the elite corps had taken measures before the election to resist the "counterrevolution," according to the state-run Press TV.

The second subtest, Number Detection, measures selectiveness and capacity to resist distraction under time pressure.

The viscosity of a fluid (pure or not) is a measure of its ability to resist deformation.

The main cultural attraction of Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, is an Old City in which every possible measure has been taken to resist the forces of modernity.