Sentence examples for they cannot defy from inspiring English sources

But they cannot defy gravity.

Many voters realise that they cannot defy the laws of demography and economics for ever.

The EU's transatlantic suppliers cannot defy its new labelling rules: much of the soya they send to the EU (3.5m tonnes from America, 8.4m tonnes from Brazil, last year) is GM and is duly labelled, even though most goes only to animals.

You cannot defy human nature with laws of injustice.

Even central banks cannot defy the canons of sound finance indefinitely, however.

He cannot defy the supreme leader, however, and can be overruled by parliament, the majlis.

It cannot defy gravity forever.What would such a prospect imply for a still-fragile economic recovery?

(Sample evidence: Constantine renders one of Machiavelli's famous sentences, "Since a prince must know how to use the nature of the beast to his advantage, he must emulate both the fox and the lion, because a lion cannot defy a snare, while a fox cannot defy a pack of wolves". Defy a snare?

That there is a growing urgency to the chit-chat reflects a feeling among those close to Mr Kennedy that he cannot defy the odds for ever.

But the realisation it will be the last with Carragher alongside has brought home that one thing even Gerrard cannot defy – time.

For instance, even a most secure authentication system is not reliable if it cannot defy the attacks on the stored database, or if an intruder can intercept the template features generated from the biometric traits.