Example sentences of "refused [to-vb] [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again , television and radio refused to carry advertisements for the record , and in Nottingham the manager of the Virgin shop was charged under the Indecent Advertisement Act , 1899 , for displaying album covers and promotional material containing the word bollocks ‘ in letters four inches high ’ in his shop window . |
| 2 | He refused to pass motions in the toilet and had phases of extreme stomach-ache and lethargy due to his extreme constipation . |
| 3 | In response to the injunction , residents of Barnahely maintained their 24-hour watch on the site and members of the picket refused to accept copies of the injunction issued against them . |
| 4 | People refused to accept Jesus as the Messiah and as a result they rejected his authority ( Mark 2:7 , 20 ; 3:22 ; 14:10–11 , 21 ; Matt. |
| 5 | But while pleased , Mr Elton was scathing about Trade Secretary Nicholas Ridley 's response to the Ombudsman 's report to which the Government refused to accept responsibility for the affair . |
| 6 | The local creamery refused to accept milk from the area as dust was floating in it . |
| 7 | When Gower was dropped from the tour party for India , Dexter refused to answer questions on the decision and left new team manager Keith Fletcher to take the flak . |
| 8 | WELSH Office minister Gwilym Jones yesterday refused to answer questions about the appointment of his secretary to a £5,000a-year health job . |
| 9 | Mr Litman refused to discuss details of the money involved but his Russian associates are clearly expecting a considerable boost to their meagre pensions . |
| 10 | A Venetian judge has corroborated the report , claiming that the Italian foreign ministry refused to aid investigations into the incident . |
| 11 | In 1910 , however , the relatively conservative and impressionist-dominated ( by Liebermann , Slevogt , Corinth , and others ) executive committee of the Secession refused to give space to the Brücke painters at the annual exhibition . |
| 12 | The inquiry also heard that the actual tests had been carried out by a then 18-year-old trainee , who refused to give evidence at the hearings . |
| 13 | Hans Modrow , then the leader of the Dresden regional SED organization ( and later East German Prime Minister ) , refused to give evidence in the trial , on the grounds that there was a case pending against him relating to those elections . |
| 14 | The MFJ 's inaugural rally on Sept. 15 in Kumasi had to be cancelled because the police refused to give permission for the event . |
| 15 | Susan came down for breakfast today , and they had an exciting time opening their parcels , for their father 's illness had prevented their making friends in the neighbourhood ; but there was plenty to do and talk about , and they steadfastly refused to give way to the depression that naturally overcame them at times . |
| 16 | He refused to give details of the type , quantity and condition of the explosive or identify the ‘ terrorist paraphernalia ’ , although it is possible this might include timing devices or detonators . |
| 17 | She refused to give details of the package , to be announced to complement the Budget on 16 March , to the employment select committee yesterday . |
| 18 | On principle , Hurley refused to share information with the Germans and British , except when he needed their cooperation for controlled deliveries through Frankfurt and London , but , braving his disapproval , Coleman made a point of renewing his friendship with Hartmut Mayer , the German police officer whom he had met in Munich during the 1972 Olympics and who was now the BKA 's liaison officer on Cyprus . |
| 19 | Although the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor 's Office refused to release information on the details of the payments , unofficial reports suggested that the names on the Watanabe memorandum included those of five former Prime Minsters and two LDP faction leaders , with individuals receiving amounts ranging from 800 million to 10,800 million yen . |
| 20 | Sir Lawrence refused to disclose details of the voting on Tendulkar 's signing at yesterday 's meeting of the Cricket Committee but Bradford member Bob Appleyard said : ‘ A batsman will not help us to bowl sides out twice . |
| 21 | Yesterday 's clashes cut the main route from Belgrade to Sarajevo , the Bosnian capital , and scruffy gun-toting irregulars refused to allow traffic through the town . |
| 22 | The most notable consequences of the new Soviet initiative were that in 1975 Mexico signed an agreement with Comecon , and trade with both Argentina and Brazil reached a peak in 1981 when both countries refused to take part in the grain embargo introduced by Resident Carter as one of his sanctions against the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . |
| 23 | He declined to say if that included Hezb-i-Islami , which has declared his election invalid and refused to take part in the government unless Mr Rabbani steps down . |
| 24 | The Loyalist Coalition , consisting of the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party led by William Craig and the Democratic Unionist Party led by the Rev. Ian Paisley together with the Anti-White Paper Unionists led by Harry West , refused to take part in the talks . |
| 25 | The French refused to take part in the project because Dassault was not to receive the largest proportion of the contracts and , in June 1992 , Germany decided that , since the threat from the Warsaw pact was gone and she was unlikely to participate in out-of-area conflicts , she had no more use for the aircraft . |
| 26 | In explaining why he had gone along with ‘ doctoring ’ data so as to secure a contract deadline , a supervisor pointed out , ‘ If I refused to take part in the fraud , I would have to either resign or be fired ’ . |
| 27 | Table 4.7 compares the action and control samples between first and second assessments , omitting all those who died or moved away before the second interview , and any who refused to take part in the tests on either occasion . |
| 28 | A number of adolescents refused to take part in the study ; this group might have proved less successful than those who participated . |
| 29 | Many students , still bitterly hostile to the government despite a barrage of propaganda and weeks of political study classes , refused to take part in the celebrations , spending the day inside their dormitories . |
| 30 | He also held that the transfer was not void but voidable and ordered that the names of C. and D. should be removed from the proprietership register and the defendant 's name substituted ; but he refused to order rectification of the charges register section 82 of the Act of 1925 by removal of the building society 's charge . |