Sentence examples for resisted until now from inspiring English sources

Indeed, those blocks have strongly resisted, until now, the waves of gentrification that have washed over Manhattan.

Moody's Investors Service has begun to recalculate the states' debt burdens in a way that includes unfunded pensions, something states and others have ardently resisted until now.

This has been resisted until now but the prospect of renewed growth might be enough to persuade it to back reform.

It is this advantage that is pushing America's two giant futures markets, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, to bring their clearing operations under one roof.The alliance also underlines the increasing attraction of electronic trading, which both the Chicago exchanges and LIFFE have resisted until now.

I've just done my bit to inch the latter closer to the top spot by downloading it – something I'd resisted doing until now because I initially thought there was something a bit embarrassing about the campaign.

I resisted commenting until now on Bill Finley's article ("A Good Rider's Looks Can Get in the Way," May 18) elevating a girl jockey on the basis of harassment without ever establishing what abilities she brings to the sport.

One immediate consequence – and a first shot in the Osborne campaign to lead the Tory party – came when the chancellor tickled the tummies of his backbenchers, and committed to keep defence spending at or above 2% of GDP, a commitment he has doggedly resisted making until now.

Interestingly, Singh said some customers have been asking for a server backup solution, but the company resisted up until now because they didn't feel it was something they could do as efficiently as device backup, but that has changed with the release of Phoenix.

The Swiss government has been resisting cooperation until now because the secrecy of its banking system has long made the country an offshore money haven for wealthy foreigners.

The apology to Turkey for the May 2010 incident had been resisted by Israel until now, despite pressure from the international community.

But they could also be seen as reminders of the attitudes of two populations that stubbornly resisted becoming one until now.