Sentence examples for resist a pressure from inspiring English sources

Mostly, he remains in one place while he sings, but sometimes he turns in profile and plants one foot and leans into it, as if to resist a pressure that is opposing him.

The flight test of a 3000 m3 balloon was performed in 2013 and shown to resist a pressure of at least 400 Pa.

Hence, the superhydrophobicity and self-cleaing property could be regenerated and maintained effectively, and moreover, these propeties could resist a proper pressure.

The final setting time is the point at which the set cement has acquired a sufficient firmness to resist a certain defined pressure.

Hoggart is aware of the dangers inherent in his analysis, finding himself, he writes "constantly having to resist a strong inner pressure to make the old much more admirable than the new".

[C12.] While Ford has resisted a higher pressure for Firestone tires on Explorers in the United States, it switched to a different Firestone tire with higher pressure for Explorers in Venezuela during the 1999 model year.

Design of these linings focuses primarily on their ability to resist an external head of groundwater pressure whilst experiencing long-term creep deformations.

While their superstar recruit wasn't firing, the Titans resisted a wave of Cowboys pressure and managed to get themselves back into the contest by halftime.

This followed a couple of missed efforts by Ronaldson in the 24th and 29th minutes and Glasgow having resisted a long period of pressure under their bar, sparked by good work from Connacht's George Naoupu and John Muldoon after Glasgow spilled possession.

Brazil is perhaps the country that best combines the three necessary conditions for giving adequate asylum to Snowden: having sufficient political strength to resist U.S. pressure, boasting an independent foreign policy, and being a liberal democracy with formal respect for civil liberties.

But it may be difficult for Mr. Obama to resist the pressure for a fuller public accounting, and lawmakers appear ready to proceed even without his support.