In total 81 Tories are known to have defied the whips, while others abstained.
But Mr Sanford defied numerous calls to step down before his term ended in January 2011.
Disused since 1986, the 170-arch viaduct defied engineers' fears about its condition, says Mr Noble.
Pakistanis defied the militant group by coming out in large numbers to cast their ballots.
He defied the global institution and, instead, linked the Malaysian ringgit to the dollar.
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We saw the underdogs play with incredible bravery, incredible belief, and they defied the odds again.
The ex-fighter pilot who defied his captors in Vietnam and, often, his party's leaders in Washington.
Already negotiators are cautioning of struggles ahead for an issue that's defied resolution for years.
Democrats defied history and gained five seats in the House and avoided losses in the Senate.
Perhaps more importantly, it defied the downward trend that has prevailed so far in 2012.
It certainly defied all logic for a nation that professes to have major ambitions in space.
It defied the odds in a tough financing market by locking up key strategic investors.
He hit 16 fours and one six and defied the Aussies for 271 deliveries in all.
After all the papering over, the fudging and the hopes that defied experience comes the reckoning.
The council also defied the government last year by putting up council tax by 2.99%.
Aboard the Atlanta flight, teachers screamed in delight and amazement as they defied gravity.
So give the French their due: le trente-cinq has defied the dire predictions of many economists.
Rik may have defied the critics, but this opening effort is nothing to write home about.
Around 60 of them defied the whips on ten or more occasions during the last parliament.
And on his second trip into space at age 77, he defied the odds once again.
It was refreshing when he defied his Republican colleagues over tobacco taxes or campaign finance.
Mr Speight defied initial efforts by the Great Council of Chiefs to settle the crisis.
The two teams that played the final round, Brazil and Germany, also defied the odds-makers.
Researchers began finding bacteria that defied assaults by a number of antibiotic drugs.
She devised false doctrines, he charged, and defied orders to stay in her convent and not teach.
And they defied the late first-half loss of injured record-breaking points machine Pat Richards in doing it.
Today, we might learn more of the story of a Bush administration lawyer who defied the administration.
The stability pact would surely wither if its chief sponsor defied it for a fourth year running.
In fact in its recent earnings, Intel defied the conventional thinking that PC market is showing weakness.
He stressed as long as Saddam defied UN resolutions there must be the threat of military action.
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