1.   He could hardly resist the demands of Voute and Strauss.

2.   He stoutly resisted these demands and campaigned for the retention of the tramways.

3.   Meanwhile suppliers are consolidating apace to give themselves the muscle to resist never-ending demands for lower prices.

4.   Sometimes a puppy will aggressively resist our demands, or ignore us completely.

5.   They often found it difficult to resist these demands.

6.   However, the government continued to resist demands for universal suffrage, preferring a power-sharing system.

7.   Although he has resisted American demands, there have been reports that various compromises were being considered.

8.   Anti-abortion forces are flexing their muscle although most voters still resist their demand to criminalize the procedure.

9.   As trade minister, Hashimoto resisted American demands in automobile trade talks last year, while trading acerbic barbs with his American counterpart, Mickey Kantor.