Sentence examples for relent by from inspiring English sources

It was forced to relent by the parliamentary ombudsman, Ann Abraham, after a complaint from the paper.

The original bill said midnight, but protests from the entertainment industry forced the government to relent by an hour.Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's dauntless prime minister, has noisily pursued what he calls a "social-order campaign" since coming to office in 2001.

The rest of the week looks set to be mostly dry, but come Saturday there could be more rain – though it should relent by the time Adele takes to the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury in the evening.

Maybe the heat will relent by the time the Terps open at home against Howard on Sept. 3, but there's something metaphorical about Durkin's easy reference to the stifling temperatures that have turned the Mid-Atlantic region into a sauna this month.

After fuming at his console for 10 minutes, the conductor relented by setting the temperature to "arctic".

Some of its backers — like Best Buy and Rite Aid — had also relented, by allowing Apple Pay into their stores.

My best call is that the Fed relents by next spring after oil stabilizes around $50 a barrel.

In 1942, after years of bad publicity, and encouraged by Wright biographer Fred C. Kelly, the Smithsonian finally relented by publishing, for the first time, a list of the Aerodrome modifications and recanting misleading statements it had made about the 1914 tests.

Hill disapproved of battlefield looting and admonished his batman, although eventually relented by stating "If you can get me a pair [as well], you can keep them!" At midnight, 27/28 March the division came under the control of 8th British Corps and became part of the general Allied advance through Germany towards the Baltic Sea, with 3rd Parachute Brigade as the division's leading unit.

Although the civic authorities initially resisted installing tramways in the city centre owing to concerns about nuisance and disruption, they eventually relented; by the end of the 19th century Norwich had a total of 16 mile of tram routes, including a route along Gentleman's Walk itself.

In the end the RSS relented, helped by an agreement that two of its leaders would assume senior positions in the BJP, too.