Example sentences of "refused [to-vb] part [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A number of adolescents refused to take part in the study ; this group might have proved less successful than those who participated . |
| 8 | 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 . |