Other legal experts said Judge Smithson's ruling was likely to withstand an appeal.
No anti-gay policy is likely to withstand it.But why, then, the change in public morality?
In coming months both Social Security and Medicare are likely to withstand the budgetary pressures imposed by the threat of sequestration.
After all, companies that can bolster their earnings and payouts consistently are likely to withstand an economic downturn better than their peers.
An opinion letter -- which can mean tens of thousands of dollars in fees for a law firm -- is seen by investors as crucial assurance that their shelters are likely to withstand scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service.
(It is not necessary to be concerned here with whether such a completely self-centred tyranny, which must be rare, would be likely to withstand determined opposition by men and women willing to sacrifice themselves).
Laura Zwicker, an attorney at Greenberg Glusker who counsels high-net-worth individuals and their families, told the Hollywood Reporter that "New York favours enforceability of prenup agreements, and unless Wendi is able to establish [she signed in] fraud or duress, it is likely to withstand a challenge".
If the mystery genre does not abide much reality, it should be recalled that no Shakespearean tragedy or sonnet — no work of art in which the constraints of form are exacting — is likely to withstand the bracing winds of common sense.
Nonetheless, species showing natural-history traits similar to C. thomasii (low dispersal ability, strong ecological specialization) are likely to withstand adverse habitat conditions by both the mentioned ways.
None of these is likely to withstand deeper examination.
