Sentence examples for resisted an offer from inspiring English sources

Even so, Cramer resisted an offer from Weissmann, who had since joined the Oakland organization, to go back to the minors.

Creditors of Global Crossing are strongly resisting an offer by two Asian companies to acquire the bankrupt company's assets after reports of a competing bid emerged over the weekend, people close to the company said yesterday.

Judy Bannister of Boston's South End said she usually avoided stores on the day after Thanksgiving, but she could not resist an offer she saw on full-size comforters: $20 each.

He could not resist an offer to fight Iain Macleod for hopeless Enfield West in 1950, but missed out on the 1951 election, largely because he had not long been in a new job, as assistant secretary of the actors' union, Equity.

There have been too many false dawns on Merseyside to believe Cole's career will finally take flight at Anfield following an impressive showing at Upton Park, or that Brendan Rodgers would resist an offer to remove the 31-year-old from a wage bill he is under instruction to reduce should one arrive next month.

Yet long before the two meet, Mrs. Rooney will emerge from the primordial ooze -- first seen resisting an offer of dung -- to lament her sorry lot.

Amazon resisted a settlement offer from the FTC, and wrote in a letter to the regulator earlier this month that it would not accept tighter controls.

Mr Arafat, who is returning a hero, having resisted an equivocal Israeli offer on East Jerusalem, short of the sovereignty that his people see as their right, can afford to be more generous in his assessment than Mr Barak, who is returning to a messy domestic scene, and is therefore blaming Mr Arafat squarely for his obstinacy in refusing the best offer the Palestinians are likely to get.

My mother, unable to resist an excellent offer, had sold the mobile years ago.

At the time, NatWest was resisting an unsolicited offer from the Bank of Scotland and began peddling itself to other potential suitors.

DEALBOOK   Avon Faces a Challenge at Home  |  As it resists an unsolicited offer from Coty, Avon Products, which built a reputation for door-to-door sales, contends with a market for cosmetics that is increasingly moving online, The Wall Street Journal reports.