Sentence examples for withstand to keep from inspiring English sources

The amount of plagues Pharaoh was willing to withstand to keep his slaves is pretty impressive.

If they learned nothing else these last few years, the Oklahoma City Thunder learned to withstand, to wait, to bide their time and to keep pushing until their moment arrived.

It also has a sealed architecture to withstand humidity if you wanted to keep one in your bathroom.

The general requirements on an organism to be used in ethanol production is that it should give a high ethanol yield, a high productivity and be able to withstand high ethanol concentrations in order to keep distillation costs low [ 72].

Given the company's reputation for exceptional client service and a strong deposit base, I believe City National should be able to keep on withstanding headwinds.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase & Co, all with large and risky trading operations, lowered their ambitions for dividends and share buybacks, the Fed said on Wednesday, to keep them robust enough to withstand a hypothetical financial crisis.

MAPLE LEAFS 4, PENGUINS 3 Clarke MacArthur scored twice and Toronto withstood Sidney Crosby's first goal of the season to keep Pittsburgh winless in its new arena.

His goal is to keep the gorilla populations large enough to withstand the other assaults on them, and stopping Ebola would be a step in the right direction, he said.

Ceramics can also withstand high temperatures, which is why ceramic tiles are used to keep the space shuttle from igniting as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.

I'd love to buy you another ring but I'm glad you have a beautiful one to keep you occupied until our budget can withstand any more large purchases".

Coco issuance has soared since 2010, as banks have sought to keep regulators happy by bolstering their ability to withstand losses.