Example sentences of "[verb] refused [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the FIS had refused to participate in the conference without prior acceptance of its demands , which included the release of FIS leaders arrested in June [ see p. 38312 ] , it was understood that channels of communication between the government and the FIS had remained open . |
| 2 | With the re-emergence of the UGT from its period of relative inactivity during Francoism ( it had refused to participate in the vertical union system ) , the ideological divisions between the two unions became an important feature of the post-1975 Spanish labour movement . |
| 3 | On Aug. 18 Nguza , who had refused to stand in the election , warned that Shaba , his home province , would not accept Tshisekedi 's authority . |
| 4 | She had refused to stay in the vast Sandringham House itself but the Queen offered her nearby Wood Farm . |
| 5 | It would appear , therefore , that the only hope of support from any local council might , and it 's a big might , come from Castlereagh who have refused to move in the past because of the failure of Ards to make any positive move towards the point . |