Example sentences of "[adj] resistance to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Many clashes as popular resistance to apartheid in the townships grows .
2 Figures 3 and 4 show the curves of duodenal resistance to acid in rats fed the linoleic and the eicosapentaenoic acid diets , respectively .
3 In conclusion , dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids enhance duodenal resistance to acid by potentiation of adaptive cytoprotection .
4 Figure 6 shows the curves of duodenal resistance to acid after mild acid irritation ( 100 µmol HCl ) in rats pretreated with indomethacin .
5 There is increased resistance to lysis as the thrombus ages not only in vivo , but also in vitro .
6 A second series of experiments tested the mucosal resistance to acid after pretreatment with a mild dose of acid to induce adaptive cytoprotection .
7 This protocol tested mucosal resistance to acid after mild irritation .
8 As previously shown in Figure 1 , there was no difference between the three experimental groups in mucosal resistance to acid after saline .
9 It is now fairly clear , moreover , that political considerations , of not wishing to be seen as having ‘ destroyed the value of the pound sterling ’ , were of major importance in the Labour government 's initial resistance to devaluation in 1967 quite apart from powerful pressures against devaluation being exerted on it by the Bank of England [ Tomlinson , 1985 ] .
10 We would wish to stress again , with the district council 's support I suspect , that that overshoot really it 's to sites within the urban area , as in windfall sites in general planning terms we have seen to be acceptable er in planning terms , but we would wish to stress that part part of that approach has been a continuing resistance to development on greenfield sites on the edge of the the urban area .
11 A man of immense physical vigour , intellectual confidence and moral force , as naturally extrovert as was Paul painfully introvert , his decisive experience was not that of the Council ( which he did attend ) , nor of the Western Christian 's attempt to reshape the gospel when faced with the blandishments of agnostic affluence , still less was it any deep experience of the struggles of the third world ; instead , it was that of the Church 's singularly successful , no-nonsense resistance to communism in Poland : a combination of old-fashioned pieties , unquestioned doctrinal certainties , down-to-earth preoccupation with basic human rights , and a dose of sheer populism .
12 Crude resistance to idea from listener .
13 It might be assumed that forcible resistance to power without right must itself be legal and not revolutionary ; but in every case there seems no recourse except to force of some kind .
14 If the townsmen found difficulty in making their voice heard , unyielding resistance to pressure from the rural masses was the primary domestic function of the State .
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