Sentence examples for resisted accepting from inspiring English sources
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".
According to the magazine, which reported the settlement, the farmer, Xu Lindong, left, resisted accepting the award for seven months because it required him to abandon his right to sue the two mental hospitals that had confined him.
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.
He cited Catholic adoption agencies that have resisted accepting gay couples as adoptive parents, a stand that has brought them into conflict with the law in Britain, and other religious groups that have resisted stem cell research.
The three carmakers' chief executives have faced heavy criticism for their performance at this week's congressional hearings, where they resisted accepting any blame for difficulties they attributed entirely to the evaporation of credit markets.
Greece's private creditors, which hold about 206 billion euros, or $265 billion, in Greek bonds, are resisting accepting a lower rate.
They resist accepting suggestions, thinking it will make them appear weak, and they don't believe that others have anything useful to tell them.
The official, Jean-Marie Guéhenno, told the Security Council that Sudan was resisting accepting specialized troops from non-African militaries that were critical to the mission, blocking support staff and materials from the area through bureaucratic maneuvers, and withholding needed land and permissions for the assignment of helicopters.
When we resist imagining something, we also tend to resist accepting it as fictional.
He said it would be hard for the UK to resist accepting a citizen back.
