Sentence examples for resist accepting from inspiring English sources

They resist accepting suggestions, thinking it will make them appear weak, and they don't believe that others have anything useful to tell them.

He said it would be hard for the UK to resist accepting a citizen back.

That is an incredible opportunity for me, and I just cannot resist accepting the challenge.

When we resist imagining something, we also tend to resist accepting it as fictional.

I could hardly resist accepting that excellent offer, but finally declined when I found out that there were better no-payment jobs to do and one of them was studying law in Berlin.

The issue of refugee resettlement is especially salient to Harvard Law professors because Republican Massachusetts Governor Charles Baker recently announced that he would resist accepting Syrian refugees.

Previously, the commission had resisted accepting the nonpublic schools as a linchpin, but the moment demanded pragmatism.

He said he had resisted accepting such protection earlier because "it inhibits my ability to have close contact with people".

Greece's private creditors, which hold about 206 billion euros, or $265 billion, in Greek bonds, are resisting accepting a lower rate.

But the Iranians want most of their sanctions relief up front and have been resisted accepting stringent limits before they receive it.

At recent U.N. meetings, Western nations have tried to push Beijing to accept binding limits to future emissions, but, as we saw during the contentious Copenhagen climate talks in 2009, Beijing has so far resisted accepting a quantitative cap.