Sentence examples for soften resistance from inspiring English sources

The announcement seemed intended to soften resistance ahead of the parliamentary debates that begin today on a separate bill that would transfer existing European law to the British statute books.

As it happens, alcohol might help soften resistance to a narrative that comes with its own degree of leglessness, to co-opt a wonderful British synonym for the state of inebriation in which one or another of the characters in "Viva Forever!" at various points find themselves.

Obama has invited 12 Republican senators for dinner on the day of the budget release as part of an effort to soften resistance among the opposition political party.

If, for example, Republicans feel they lost because of a failure to reach out to Latinos, that might soften resistance to immigration reform, Tanden suggested.

Among the existing RHEAs, NbMoTaW RHEA possesses the best mechanical properties with combined high strength, excellent thermal stability and softening resistance at elevated temperatures.

The mechanism of larger strengthening and softening resistance is related with B2 and σ phases, both having multi-principal-element effect.

There is also the odd circularity that if you want to redistribute as much as possible you need to not redistribute at all, in order to boost the total resources available for redistribution.There is an alternative hypothesis, however, which Mr Cowen mostly disregards: that redistribution provides insurance against economic dislocation and therefore softens resistance to globalisation.

Our practice is to observe our resistance to feeling pain and learn ways to soften that resistance.

France could also soften its resistance to stronger pan-European institutions.

Dr. King called him "my wild man, my Castro," and deployed him as heavy artillery to soften up resistance.

Years of grass-roots organizing and forging alliances with an array of groups, she said, helped soften that resistance.