Example sentences of "refuse [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phillips has played in only four of Neath 's nine Heineken League matches so far this season but has been picked ahead of Andrew Thomas , who reacted by refusing to sit on the replacements ' bench . |
| 2 | From the age of 16 , when he left Alleynes School in a fit of pique after refusing to submit to a prefect 's caning , he resolutely bucked the system . |
| 3 | The Quebec government ordered the Army to dismantle the barricades on Aug. 27 , having refused to accede to the Mohawks ' additional demands that they be treated as a sovereign nation during negotiations and be granted immunity from prosecution . |
| 4 | Mares , reared by themselves , may react to the stallion also with fear or aggression ; and even if they are in season , they may refuse to respond to a stallion 's overtures . |
| 5 | In this case , the doctor involved , Dr Robert Dinwiddie , refused to consent to the parents ' decision , and called in the hospital social workers . |
| 6 | The government refused to agree to the Indians ' demand that it abandon its militarized " security zone " on the Peruvian frontier , and pass a constitutional amendment recognizing the country as " multi-cultural and multi-national " . |
| 7 | But tonight they refused to comment on the court 's decision . |
| 8 | Buckingham Palace refused to comment on the princess 's birthday plans and said : |
| 9 | He refused to comment on the writ 's contents . |
| 10 | Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell . |
| 11 | Warner refused to comply with the DTI 's request for information under s.178(1) . |
| 12 | The court refused to accede to the appellant 's argument that the fact that the restraint was contained in a mortgage deed excluded the application of the restraint of trade doctrine . |
| 13 | He refused to live in the President 's official residence , and was particularly remembered for his outspoken opposition to terrorism and the Mafia , his support for human rights , and his personal presence at times of national disaster as well as of celebration . |