Sentences with phrase «pockets of resistance in»

«I warn you, there are still pockets of resistance in and around Tripoli,» said Mustafa Mohammed Abdul Jalil, chairman of the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC).

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Even as fierce pockets of ISIS resistance remain in the city, the Iraqi prime minister has declared victory.

Women business owners still face greater difficulties in gaining access to commercial credit and bidding on government contracts than do their male colleagues, and pockets of resistance to women entrepreneurs remain strong in some industries and geographic regions.

Many of its seminaries have been similarly infected (though significant pockets of resistance remain in place).

It's getting to the point now that, far from feeling like I am on the front lines battling dogma and superst.ition, I feel like I am mopping up the remaining pockets of resistance to logic and reason in a boring rear guard action.

You can't be a pocket of resistance without attending... but I still think people come to church when church is different from the world, when there is something noticeably ecclesial in the broadest sense, when church seems like church rather than a shopping mall.»

On that night, Greenville, South Carolina — the last pocket of resistance to secularity in the Western world — gave in and served notice that it would no longer be a prop for the church.

There will be resistance though, there allways is, a little pocket of resistance, growing steadily in the values of truth, justice, oh shut, i am not going to say the american way, come on.

But although Bsal, a close relative of Bd, is somewhat familiar, it is even more formidable: Unlike Bd, which is thought to have been present in the Americas in pockets before the last outbreak, Bsal is completely new; native species possess very little resistance.

And that makes insulin a double - edge sword in its own right — you can either manipulate it in order to increase lean mass gains or allow it to build unwanted pockets of body fat, and it all pretty much depends on your insulin sensitivity and insulin resistance.

Pockets of resistance to standardized testing have been popping up across the country, with students in Seattle, Pittsburgh and elsewhere opting out of tests this spring in protest.

Stunning 4.1» WVGA AMOLED capacitive, multi-touch display A full portrait QWERTY keyboard to provide a better viewing & messaging experience Supported with T - Mobile service Elliptical, slender form provides elegance in a pocket - friendly size Gorilla Glass for unprecedented durability and scratch resistance And, since we're here in New York participating in Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 launch, let me call out some of the highlights and use cases for the new operating system:

These travel wallets come in a number of different fabrics — leather, carbon fiber, aluminium, canvas, and even a waterproof paper called «Tyvek» — and promise features like RFID blocking, easy credit card access, hidden stash pockets, tons of room for your cash and cards, and even water - resistance all in an ultralight, ultra slim package.

«There have been pockets of relief and resistance, but the pricing pressures that started back in 2008 are becoming even greater now.