Example sentences of "[conj] refusing [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The threat of greater competition brought about by the trend towards government curtailment of professional monopolies and relaxation of advertising rules means that refusing to contemplate the idea of incorporation could entail a heavy loss of business . |
| 2 | There was something familiar about the way the man 's long hair fell at the nape of his neck , and his posture as he knelt in front of a small hoy who was stamping his foot and refusing to kick the ball . |
| 3 | ‘ You just do n't want me to carry on my business , do you ? ’ she hit back , angered at his refusal and refusing to see the rest as a compliment . |
| 4 | Squirrels shelter in the holes of trees and a future mother who ate their flesh would run the risk of the foetus copying a squirrel and refusing to leave the uterus . |
| 5 | He spent so much time preening and posing and intimidating rivals and refusing to enter the competition before the bar became a danger to low-flying aircraft that he failed to clear a height . |
| 6 | But from the same Grammar School period Edward recalls in detail ‘ the Sunday dinner anger , which became almost a regular thing , , with the boys tittering and refusing to discuss the topic of the morning 's sermon until they received a lecture or abuse from their father , at this ‘ almost the only meal as a rule which the whole family had together ’ . |
| 7 | De Gaulle made limited overtures to all sides — offering the FLN an honourable truce ( " paix des braves " ) but refusing to negotiate with it as a political force ; throwing some rhetorical sops to the integrationists but refusing to embrace the cause of integration ; telling the army that outright victory should be its objective , but also saying that no resolution reached against the will of the Algerian people would endure for long . |
| 8 | On May 1 , 1990 , Savimbi reiterated his wish for peace talks with dos Santos , recognizing him as head of state but refusing to accept the MPLA-PT as the legitimate government . |
| 9 | While refusing to disclose the identity of these parties , he said that the PLO would share its evidence with Libya and was willing to co-operate with any international organization to prove the accuracy of its information . |