"resident" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- For two years, residents resisted the police as they petitioned the courts to save their homes, churches, and schools.
- Many local residents resisted this effort, and a standoff resulted.
- But residents of the village resisted and fought for their preference.
- However, residents resisted the plan: the first time for economic reasons, the second for environmental reasons.
- However, the residents of the old Hongjiang resisted this merge.
- But residents resisted this plan as well on the grounds that too much traffic would clog local streets.
- Only a quarter of its budget comes from the state, but residents have firmly resisted property tax increases.
- But residents living near the park resisted the move, and town officials backed down.
- But the residents resisted and formed themselves into a community association and negotiated with the council to save their homes.
- But the deputy mayor, a 25-year resident, said longtime residents are resisting a change that will only take a matter of time to become natural.
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