11.   The reason is that it has withstood the test of a generation-long derision.

12.   Their fin de siecle aroma has withstood the test of time.

13.   Their ability to withstand this test becomes as important the issues they espouse.

14.   They have withstood the test of time and have gotten their due.

15.   To a great extent, the guitarist has already withstood the test.

16.   Yet, on the consumer front, the Lippmann school has withstood the test of time.

17.   Backers of the assisted suicide law predicted that it would withstand court tests.

18.   Compagnoni, whose career was repeatedly put at risk by injuries and diseases, said the operated knee withstood recent tests on hard snow.

19.   Compagnoni, whose career repeatedly has been threatened by injuries and other ailments, said her knee withstood recent tests on hard snow.

20.   For Britons the celebrations are a rare chance to applaud a royal marriage which has withstood the test of time.