Sentence examples for seemed capable of resisting from inspiring English sources

It is also true that, when News Corporation launched its takeover attempt last year, the governance safety clauses kicked in smoothly: Nicholas Ferguson, the senior independent director, spoke for the non-News Corp shareholders and seemed capable of resisting the bidder's cheeky idea of fair value.

This team do not seem capable of resisting sides who cut swathes at such pace.

(There is a veritable ostentation of stuffed peacocks in boutiques these days. No decorator seems capable of resisting them.

He seemed capable of anything.

They seemed capable of astounding foreignness.

Here was a composer who seemed capable of anything.

He seemed capable of it, too, lithe and agile.

Certainly, nothing seemed capable of lifting his depression.

Only General Electric, under Jack Welch, seemed capable of making conglomeration work.

Every decision he made seemed capable of irking somebody.

Everyone else seemed capable of handling it.