Sentence examples for resist notions from inspiring English sources

The complex history of the formation of the United Kingdom created a "particular sense of nationhood and belonging" in Great Britain and Ireland; Britishness became "superimposed on much older identities", of English, Scots, Welsh and Irish cultures, whose distinctiveness still resist notions of a homogenised British identity.

The stories often resist preconceived notions about human relationships as well.

Americans resist this notion.

Many lobbyists fiercely resist the notion that private enterprise might improve poor countries' water supply.

They resist the notion that government has a role in promoting good parenting".

But they resist the notion that they are looking to compete with those companies.

Inevitably, many people resist the notion that such a brutal future is possible.

They can't resist the notion of plot, order, a single coherent self.

The settlers who resist that notion will be an increasingly radical bunch, but also an increasingly isolated one.

But I want to resist this notion that looks are all I'm looking for in a singer.

teams resist the notion that they would be better served in Division II; nostalgia is a powerful thing.