1.   The grass blades tore, but their initial resistance sent him stumbling backwards.

2.   By the time Tony Crosland became Secretary of State he was overcoming his initial resistance to the binary idea, and was quickly to become a firm advocate.

3.   After initial resistance, he moved Tebucky Jones from cornerback to free safety and seems to have found the physical player at that position who fits his system.

4.   After initial resistance, he won enough support to stage the first festival.

5.   After widespread initial resistance, most Democrats are willing to accept such block grants.

6.   But, Bunstine says, the initial resistance is giving way to an enthusiasm for the new technology.

7.   Grain prices have soared since last summer, helping to overcome initial resistance by some large farm organizations to the changes.

8.   In a profession where blackboard diagrams were once considered unethical, there was some initial resistance to using the computers to display evidence.

9.   In city after city across the country, such streamlining of services, despite initial resistance, had worked.

10.   Initial Japanese resistance is light.