Sentences with phrase «resist what»

But, how can anyone resist what you see in the nurseries and garden centers at this time of year?

It can be challenging to bring everyone along — sometimes people resist what we're trying to do, but they come around.

Thus, for instance, resistance to climate science in the United States seems to be linked to a libertarian economic outlook: People who resist what experts tell them about global warming often appear, at heart, to be most worried about the consequences of increased government regulation of carbon emissions.

The National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), a professional organization representing 55,000 teachers nationwide, sent a letter to its members calling on them to resist what they characterized as an «unprecedented attack.»

You may find that the easiest way to thwart retailers» enticements as you peruse the shopping aisle isn't to try to resist what you want; it's to be thankful for what you have.»

To this end, the artists both embrace and resist what they call «post-truth materiality,» a phenomenon — largely catalyzed by digital technologies — where objects and materials are no longer necessarily what they appear.

The wonky, rickety art in these London exhibitions asks women to resist what is soothing — the «lay down» — and instead be in an active relationship with their surroundings, pay close attention to systems and structures, and remain alert to how others may seek to define them.

«Alice Neel was attracted to the drama of being,» Als writes, «so how could she resist what Georgie was willing to give?»

Cats, like children, often resist what is best for them.

I agree that Elizabeth I was a strong model for her, and I think it's not just teenagers, but any intelligent person, who would develop a strong resolve to resist what was essentially a prison, the «Kensington system» as it is called, to prevent her from having any independent contact with other people not monitored by her mother and Conroy.

Let's be a bit wiser this time, and resist what is quite obviously a very sophisticated PR campaign from the large publishers.

Now, regarding octane ratings, put simply, a fuel's octane rating is it's ability to resist what we call detonation, which is the fuel starting to burn all by itself just because it got squeezed too much and got too hot.

«These are our children, and we intend to fight for them and resist what they are trying to do,» said Jonathan Hodges, a longtime member of the advisory board who voted against the proposals.

«You can't resist what's in style right now,» Sabatino says.

But once you get pulled into this world, it's hard to resist what I call the monkey see monkey do syndrome — as human beings we're influenced and inspired by one another, it's just a part of life.

It really depends on how much you resist what Uranus is calling for you to do.

The tumors» recruitment of these inflammatory cells thus enabled them to resist what would otherwise have been a deadly dose of radiation, so that their growth slowed only modestly compared to control mice that had received no radiation.

Ultimately we must trust one another that it is possible to organise and resist what is about to be unleashed.

Some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Biakoye constituency of the Volta Region have vowed to resist what they termed as attempts by the presidency to nominate a non-member of the party to occupy the position of the District Chief Executive in the area.

People who have had their freedom denied will heavily resist what appears to be taking freedom away.

Nana Akufo - Addo and his lackeys sensing another excruciating defeat in the upcoming November elections have resorted to the beatings of war drums, preparing the minds of their supporters to arm them to resist what they say are «plots by Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Madam Charlotte Osei to rig the impending election for sitting President John Mahama.»

And can you possibly resist what the original menu has to say about Baba Brûlot, a festive dessert right in tune with December's holidays?

It's hard to resist what's in front of you when you love food right?

I learned the hard way not to do so, but it is healthy to resist what is presented until it can be personally verified.

It's made of sinners like us who struggle to get their way and who resist what God wants and we are all in this struggle against God and one another and only when we surrender to the reality of the church do we embrace the church.

This unmasking, or demythologizing, of our television «text» requires of us the will to resist what is television «s most powerful ally — our own inertia and tendency to let the images simply flow over and through us.

On the other hand, this vision also functioned to resist what were deemed to be the evils of colonial and mercantile interests.

If, however, we resist what Flaubert called «the mania to conclude,» we are bound to fathom finally that for the moral problem of deterrence, there is no sanctified ground on which to stand.

But I knew I could not resist what God had made possible for me.

Therefore whoever resists authority resists what God has appointed, and those who resist will incur judgment.

BOTH groups are resisting what each views as intolerance of the other.

But natural law, like much of civil law, has the humbler task of collaring the criminal and resisting what may under no circumstances be condoned, a task that must be done before elaborating the possibilities for greater perfection.

He commended the institute for resisting what he described as the temptation of affiliating with any University to award Master's degree or doctorate in its programmes.

It looks like hell, obviously, but it's deinterlaced and upconverted to 1080p, and Scream Factory has resisted what must have been a near - overwhelming temptation to noise - reduce the remaining detail out of the image along with the crazy NTSC and VHS artifacts.

Many states vigorously resisted what was done, and I believe they would have stopped any bill that was more aggressive.

I think a person always resists what he or she does not understand or believe.

It resists what Barbara Kruger has called «decadism» in favor of acknowledging that history is fluid, fugitive, and not easily defined, continuously pushing up against the present moment.

She resisted what she called «the hierarchy of material,» using plaster and mixing media to experiment with effects, a thread one can see running through the art of that time, especially on the West Coast.

Challenging our perceptions of what we even consider a portrait, yet also resisting what many misunderstand to be abstract art, Hodgkin's pieces, spanning a 60 - year period, explore a language of representation that captures the «emotional response and feeling of memory when we encounter someone, not just the physical experience»

Some residents at first resisted what they perceived as an outsider coming into their community.

Not exact matches

Even if folding your arms feels comfortable, resist the urge to do so if you want people to see you as open - minded and interested in what they have to say.

But he couldn't resist a final dig at those rooting for his firm to fail, relaying a «little ditty» about how short sellers were apparently dealt with in the 19th century: «He who sells what isn't his» n, must buy it back or go to pris» n.»

Day, 36, who is known for her work on TV and web shows like Dr. Horrible's Sing - Along Blog, Supernatural, and The Guild, helped define what a successful career in digital culture can look like and, in the process, has been bestowed the title of «queen of the geeks» (an honorific she has resisted).

This stance of «non-attachment»... embodies what you might define as the opposite of positive thinking: learning, instead, to resist the urge to manipulate your inner states.»

You must resist the lure of the brightest, shiniest objects, and the seduction of mystics who love and promote them, instead insisting on what works.

The video shows the woman, who claims to be a professor, repeatedly asking officers what they were doing and saying they had ripped her pants as she resisted their efforts to remove her.

Let's call it what it is, they can't resist micromanaging.

Now, instead of just being more aware that they're giving away data about themselves, some consumers resist doing business with companies unless it's possible to verify what those businesses do with the provided information and whether customers can limit what's collected.

But in negotiating a new deal this week to bail out Greece, Germany displayed what many Europeans saw as a harder, more selfish edge, demanding painful measures from Athens and resisting any firm commitment to granting Greece relief from its crippling debt.

Most of the time once you know what you are resisting and why, you will face it in the name of your goal.