1.   Augustine somehow resists every attempt to wipe it off the map.

2.   But Parks again resisted attempts by the City Council to open an outside investigation of the department.

3.   She resisted all attempts to teach her how to cook.

4.   Some do well in aquariums, while others seem to resist all attempts to keep them alive.

5.   The rest of the board resisted his attempts to change the way things were done.

6.   The ruling elite have resisted all attempts at reform.

7.   The unions have resisted attempts to change the pay structure.

8.   They stubbornly resisted all attempts to modernize the factory.

9.   We shall, of course, resist any attempt to introduce such legislation by other means.

10.   Will he promise to resist all attempts to increase the maximum permitted weights of heavy lorries?