‘withstanding’ is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is mainly used as a present participle of the verb ‘to withstand’, and is most commonly used in the form of ‘withstanding’ to refer to the act of being able to withstand or resist something. For example: “The team was astonished to find that their prototype building was capable of withstanding hurricane-level winds.”.
Only themselves and Manchester City have managed to do so in almost 18 months (Dortmund's Super Cup win not withstanding), although on both occasions, the loss did not hurt Bayern.
The Londoners appeared to have come to Norfolk looking for a point to preserve their unbeaten league record - but after withstanding all the hosts could throw at them they ended coming away with all three.
Scoring for fun against Kuwait and Oman, breaking down China's resolute first half defence and withstanding the second half attacks of United Arab Emirates is what Australia has achieved so far.
Of course no such thing happened, but for a little while there he was sounding like Tipper Gore and C. Delores Tucker, withstanding potshots from rappers and their producers and being made fun of by people of all walks.
This is not because the French economy is withstanding them robustly.
This was raised in 2009 by America's Federal Aviation Administration from withstanding a deceleration of nine times the force of gravity (9g) to 16g.
Moreover, Mr Bush took absolutely no care to impose them in any way that had the slightest chance of withstanding a WTO challenge; a really anti-trade president would have crafted some environmental fiddle, or leveled charges of "dumping", and tied the thing up for years.
The lamentable state of the government's preparations for withstanding the blackmail of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) is the direct result of Mr Prescott's gullibility in believing the advice of officials, long-cowed by the FBU, that it would take many months to train soldiers how to use modern fire engines.
But the betting, according to al-Watan, a Saudi newspaper, is that he is holed up near Kandahar, in the south, withstanding America's bombs in a heavily fortified hideout in the mountains.Although his network will almost certainly survive him and draw new strength from his martyrdom, should it occur, the Americans badly want to capture or kill the man himself.
In terms of resilience, Irish banks are now very well capitalised and capable of withstanding very distressed scenarios.Paul Bolger Department of Finance Dublin.
Public officials insist the upgrades helped prevent flooding – including temporary barriers, new pumps and regular drill sessions for city emergency workers – and claim the city is now capable of withstanding even harsher conditions.
