Sentence examples for resisting strong from inspiring English sources

Faced with widespread hostility at home to bailing out Greece, Merkel has painted herself into a corner in the past fortnight by resisting strong pressure from elsewhere in the EU to concoct a rescue package for Athens that might calm the markets and reduce the high rates Greece faces for borrowing money.

He was on the point of accepting a permanent appointment with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation when, at the outbreak of the Second World War, he felt it his duty to return to his country, resisting strong pressure from the Australian media for him to stay.

Gas vesicles resisting strong hydrostatic pressures are more commonly found among the red-pigmented strains of Planktothrix, as in the population of Lake Zürich, whereas gas vesicles that collapse at a relatively low critical pressure are more common within green-pigmented populations [ 18].

Think galvanized sheet metal or galvanized metal mesh, which resist strong teeth.

The current design specifications of hydrostructures to resist strong earthquakes are outlined.

Grass, for example, can support its own weight, resist strong wind loads, and recover after being compressed.

For weeks before the vote, he resisted strong international pressure to remove corruption-tainted members from the election board.

A tunnel-type anchorage can resist strong pullout forces via the "clamping effect" provided by the surrounding rock.

The Obama administration, like Republican and Democratic administrations before it, has publicly resisted strong Israeli lobbying to lighten Pollard's sentence for spying for a friendly country.

Active mass damper/driver (AMD) control system has been proposed as an effective tool for high-rise buildings to resist strong dynamic loads.

Still, the architects had to follow halacha, or Jewish law, which requires a sukkah to have at least three walls (two full and one partial) that can resist strong winds.