Example sentences of "unable to resist the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Numerous journalists , however , have been unable to resist the temptation to compare this current real life role with one of his old screen parts the Thirties movie mogul Monroe Stahr in The Last Tycoon , the film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald 's last , unfinished novel . |
| 2 | Moreover , federal states , whether they are based on Christian Democratic ‘ subsidiarity ’ theories or on Anglo-Saxon separation of power theories , have been unable to resist the tendency to centralise , from which all states suffer . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'll just stay for one game , ’ Christine said , unable to resist the longing to play . |
| 4 | Jean was unable to resist the impulse to return her smile . |
| 5 | Unable to resist the opportunity to gloat , or realise his fantasies in language , he paused : |
| 6 | Frankie peered over the top of his comic , unable to resist the temptation to join in . |
| 7 | The Prince of Orange , unable to resist the lure of danger , galloped from the crossroads to be with those troops closest to the enemy , and the Prince 's staff , their luncheon brutally interrupted by the French gun-fire , hurried after him . |
| 8 | He 'd seen the face of Hapexamendios Himself , and half-crazed by the sight had been unable to resist the summons , and the binding , when it came . |
| 9 | ‘ Now if the defendants were bound to charge the plaintiff for the carriage of his goods a less sum , and they refused to carry them except upon payment of a greater sum , as he was compelled to pay the amount demanded , and could not otherwise have his goods carried , the case falls within the principle of several decided cases , in which it has been held that money which a party has been wrongfully compelled to pay under circumstances in which he was unable to resist the imposition , may be recovered back in an action for money had and received . |
| 10 | In my judgment , as a matter of principle the colore officii cases are merely examples of a wider principle , viz. that where the parties are on an unequal footing so that money is paid by way of tax or other impost in pursuance of a demand by some public officer , these moneys are recoverable since the citizen is , in practice , unable to resist the payment save at the risk of breaking the law or exposing himself to penalties or other disadvantages . |
| 11 | Then , unable to resist the telephonic siren song , she picked it up . |
| 12 | ‘ No , ’ Alyssia said , unable to resist the impulse to be catty , ‘ men generally are a bit wary of him because he 's so good-looking . ’ |
| 13 | When she bent to tug his clothing from his feet , she leaned her head against him ; then , unable to resist the temptation , she trailed her tongue along his hard-muscled thighs . |
| 14 | Unable to resist the lovely temptation to touch him , she traced her finger over his features before combing the fall of dark hair back off his forehead , her fingers lingering in the silky strands . |
| 15 | ‘ There is my father 's alehouse , ’ murmured Ellen hesitantly , unable to resist the desperation in Isabel 's eyes . |
| 16 | ‘ It has a lovely perfume , ’ Lucy said , unable to resist the remark . |
| 17 | Of course , it 's early days yet , ’ she said , unable to resist the gibe . |
| 18 | WALLY the wandering wallaby was last night keeping many hops ahead of his worried owner and police after being unable to resist the call of the wild . |