Sentence examples for resisted the rules from inspiring English sources

But banks and their regulators have fiercely resisted the rules, saying that putting that rule into effect is difficult.

But he expressed confidence that President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan would fulfill a pledge to eliminate the Qaeda and Taliban sanctuaries in the tribal region, which historically has resisted the rule of Islamabad.

The quasi-independent polity of Galloway, which had resisted the rule of David and his predecessors, was a particular focus for this colonisation.

Jesus is a cultural icon for resisting the rules, especially those for life and death.

"But we had to resist the rule of the Taliban because it was evil.

But Catholic organizations are resisting the rule, saying it would force them to violate their beliefs and finance behavior that betrays Catholic teachings.

And its leaders pride themselves on stubbornly resisting the rule of larger nations — most recently Georgia, but before that the Soviet Union and the Russian empire.

Algeria is also essential to ending the rebellion of the nomadic Tuareg, who are culturally, ethnically and linguistically North African and resist the rule of the sub-Saharan ethnic groups that run Mali.

If a court edict fails to compel compliance, the Justice Department will have to consider sterner measures, for the relatives will then be resisting the rule of law as defined by both the department and the courts.

They purport to resist the rule of law using parodies of legal documentation, or by insisting that the actions of others are lawful only if blessed by particular forms of words.

In the official media, the events were portrayed as a disaster; an editorial in the People's Daily published on October 1st warned that "a small number of people who insist on resisting the rule of law and on making trouble will reap what they have sown".