Sentence examples for resisting an offer from inspiring English sources
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.
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.
Even so, Cramer resisted an offer from Weissmann, who had since joined the Oakland organization, to go back to the minors.
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.
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.
At the time, NatWest was resisting an unsolicited offer from the Bank of Scotland and began peddling itself to other potential suitors.
Governors of both parties are resisting a proposal offered by President Bush this year to set firm limits on federal Medicaid spending in each state over the next decade.
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.
Last summer the Italian club were unable to resist a €30m offer from Paris Saint-Germain, where he has been settling in alongside Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
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.
Exeter have had serious financial problems this year and were forced to take out a loan from the Professional Footballers Associationn in the summer, and it is unlikely they would be able to resist a sizeable offer for the midfielder.
