Sentence examples for that it withstood from inspiring English sources

It has attracted so many allies that it withstood an attempt by the majority whip, Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, to strip the measure from the larger bill.

In social stratification and in economy, the country reached such a degree of consolidation that it withstood, without serious damage, the political struggles that ravaged it in the late 12th century.

This step was necessary for progress to be made, and it was such a wonderfully accurate approximation to the truth for describing motions that are slow compared to the speed of light that it withstood all tests for more than two centuries.

Across the way stands the Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, a huge columned temple, so sturdy that it withstood the many attempts to pull it down by locals keen to use the stone for their own houses.

Such was the rigidity of the Suspension Bridge that it withstood the shockwave caused by the nearby fall of a 5000 ST mass of rock in 1863; the force of the impact manifested itself as a wave, rippling through the decks of the bridge from the American side to the Canadian side and back.

It is of low-cost and weight and is designed such that it withstands low temperatures, operates autonomously and fits to any standard helicopter skid.

This confirms that S012 is a mutant of S001, and that it withstands high glycerol concentration more than the wild.

How will we ensure that the developed SLE standardization framework is grounded in sound and stable theories of learning, so that it withstands new trends in pedagogical practices?

Each joke is so f***ing good that it withstands the reference.

Under the old standard, upholstered furniture sold in California had to meet an open flame test, which required that it withstand ignition from direct contact with an open flame for a certain number of seconds.

"It's about spirit," said John Ohler, the Wye Oak park manager and Mr. McLaughlin's longtime partner in tending the tree, noting that it had withstood ice storms and hurricanes in the past, when people thought it was doomed.