Sentence examples for resist a request from inspiring English sources

An Algerian man suspected of being part of a plot to bomb the United States Embassy in Paris told a court he would not resist a request from the Netherlands to extradite him.

(Blogger's note: I'm part of an advisory group helping Princess Rym Ali set up the Jordan Media Institute in Amman, but ever the journalist, I couldn't resist a request to interview her, notably since CNN viewers remember her as Rym Brahimi, who covered the start of the Iraq war in 2003 and was expelled from Baghdad with colleague Nic Robertson when they ruffled Saddam Hussein's feathers).

Mr. Nasser was heavily criticized last summer for initially resisting a request from Congress to testify about the Firestone matter.

The possibility of a trade is alive again because Sabathia chose the Yankees, but Milwaukee has resisted a request for cash to offset some of Cameron's $10 million salary.

The court has been accused of corruption among the Cambodian staff and political interference by the government of Prime Minister Hun Sen, which opposed the indictment of additional suspects and resisted a request for testimony from six high-ranking government officials who were members of the Khmer Rouge.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had a confidential informer who rented rooms in California to two of the Sept. 11 hijackers, but the bureau is resisting a request from the Congressional committee investigating the attacks to interview the informer and his F.B.I. handler, government officials said.

Sullivan says the experience of looking through different legal lenses in terms of what to give to law enforcement was “really helpful” when he came to Facebook in 2008, “where expectation of privacy is paramount and our philosophy has to be the Skype policy.” He claims that “99.9% of the time” when Facebook resists a request, the government backs down.

Amazon.com is resisting a request by the Federal Trade Commission to set stricter controls on in-app purchases made by children.

Judges in the present climate will be reluctant to resist a government request for a broad gag order.

That may be so, but it cannot be the basis on which to resist an extradition request.

Harper, she alleges, is resisting an FoI request asking for details of his meetings with lobbyists to discuss lobbying transparency.