Sentence examples for might resist a from inspiring English sources

Russia, seeking to preserve the profits it makes from distributing Central Asian oil and gas, might resist a pipeline across Afghanistan.

Some politicians on the left might resist a measure that shows that poverty is much lower than it used to be: couldn't this minimize the problem and make it harder to gain support for new anti-poverty programs?

If it's a troubling amount, then the firm might resist a reality check on its expected rate of return.

A politicised civil service and security apparatus might resist an opposition victory, and look to the judiciary and, possibly, the sultans for support.

I suspect there are parents who might argue that even to think a child might benefit from professional help suggests that it's worth trying, while others might resist risking a label for a child, or having that child label herself.

The modern mind might resist such a portrayal of the man.

And it's true that either the owners or the players, or both, might resist such a change.

While one might resist drawing a moral equivalence between our founding fathers and today's self-proclaimed Tea Partiers, the principle is the same: outraged citizens married to savvy organizers.

For my Republican colleagues who might resist such a change in the Senate rules, let me remind everyone that the nuclear option — changing Senate rules with a bare majority of votes — has already been deployed by former Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

One might resist (for a clear and interesting discussion that is critical, see Everett 2005, pp. 125 38; see also Shieh 2001, pp. 379 80).

But Prime Minister Ariel Sharon calls Jerusalem Israel's eternal, undivided capital, and might resist such an expression of alternative sovereignty.