Sentence examples for resisting on from inspiring English sources

While the Japanese were still resisting on Saipan, the Japanese Combined Fleet, under Admiral Ozawa Jisaburō, was approaching from Philippine and East Indian anchorages, in accordance with "Operation A," to challenge the U.S. 5th Fleet, under Admiral Raymond Spruance.

By the second novel, Bella was hounding him to turn her into a vampire so they could be together forever, but he was resisting on the grounds that it would be bad for her soul.

The vast majority of people here - even if they had the economic means to escape, even if they actually wanted to give up resisting on their land and just leave (which appears to be maybe the less nefarious of Sharon's possible goals), can't leave.

This action subsequently left d'Arco out of position and out of contact with his main force fiercely resisting on the crest of the hill.

However, it is difficult to obtain practical moment resisting on-site splicing of massive glulam elements featuring flexural rigidity by the available timber splicing techniques.

Photolithography was used to form a mold in 70 µm thick SU-8 (Microchem) resist on a silicon wafer and silanized with perfluorooctyltrichlorosilane (S13125, Flurochem).

Officially, some firefighters resisted on technical grounds.

Linguistic change is also often resisted on aesthetic grounds.

The Scotch resisted on the ground that no mention was made of it in the Bible.

Mr. Aliyev, a wily veteran of the K.G.B. and the Soviet Communist Party Politburo, resisted on both counts.

In Adelaide three years ago, on 77 for 4 overnight, they resisted on the final day, batting for 148 overs in all.