1.  Dickins has been resisting external pressure to resign as the head of the organization.

2.  It was hard to resist that pressure.

3.  Kodak explains that it must be stiff to resist water pressure at depth.

4.  Many of us are too polite to resist their pressure and we end up sacrificing our time to their sales pitch.

5.  She resisted his pressure to reveal her story, but finally followed his suggestion to tell it to the hearth.

6.  The Chancellor resisted pressure to increase taxes.

7.  The longer he resists the pressure for change, the more divisive and dangerous will be his efforts to suppress it.

8.  The obvious question is how long the present authoritative regime will be able to resist the pressures.

9.  They usually have well developed roots and fragile stems with which to resist the pressure of the current.

10.  We will insist on more effective control over Community spending and will resist pressure to extend Community competence to new areas.