Sentence examples for resisted a number of from inspiring English sources

"As inflammatory as this tape might be," Mayor Street said, "we have to keep in mind that the police were in the process of apprehending a criminal suspect who had resisted a number of attempts to arrest him and who had shot a police officer".

While terminal olefins have been shown to readily undergo intermolecular Pd-catalyzed amidoacetoxylation,[ 79] their internal counterparts resisted a number of attempts.

Biodegradable polymers are designed to resist a number of environmental factors during use, but to be biodegradable under disposal conditions.

Previous studies established that CRC cells resist a number of chemotherapeutics under hypoxic conditions (Erler et al, 2004).

Sources said this move was being resisted by a number of NEC members.

The French occupation of their native country was resisted by a number of Corsicans led by Pasquale Paoli.

In addition, Sanskritisation was actively resisted by a number of authors of the late medieval period, culminating in the 20th century in a movement called (meaning "pure Tamil movement"), led by Parithimaar Kalaignar and Maraimalai Adigal, which sought to remove the accumulated influence of Sanskrit on Tamil.

This line of argument can be resisted in a number of ways.

The negotiation process for WHA observer status was driven (and resisted) by a number of different actors.

One parent was led to believe that surgery was for cosmetic reasons and, as she felt it was unnecessary in her child's case, had resisted for a number of years.

To her credit, Adele resisted any number of cloth-eared, A-list, cliche-mongers, and instead spent time in Malibu with Yoda-like producer Rick Rubin, responsible for some of the most entertainingly pugnacious music of the past century (Beastie Boys, Slayer) and Johnny Cash.