Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] refused [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was in the light of that breach that the defendants had refused to pay the plaintiff any post-determination commission . |
| 2 | According to Greenpeace , German waste management companies had refused to handle the waste because of the high dioxin content . |
| 3 | Unlike the other three Cambodian factions , the Khmers Rouges had refused to facilitate the full deployment of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia ( UNTAC ) in the areas under its control . |
| 4 | Successive governments had refused to acknowledge the refugees as Rwandan nationals , or adequately to address the problem of the burden placed on Rwanda 's neighbours by their presence . |
| 5 | British immigration officials had refused to allow the couple to be reunited because they feared the marriage would not last |
| 6 | It was reported that on Aug. 10 Moroccan officials had refused to allow the UN official in charge of the ceasefire and referendum arrangements , Johannes Manz , to enter the territory . |
| 7 | Successive governments have refused to implement the recommendation of the Evershed Committee in 1953 that the costs of going to law over issues of general public importance should be paid out of public funds . |
| 8 | They had been killed by Charlie Company , very few of whose members had refused to obey the orders of Lieutenant William Calley . |
| 9 | However in order to cling with grim determination to the ancient beliefs which quite unavoidably preceded intelligent religious thought , religious leaders have refused to accept the fact . |
| 10 | If the plaintiffs had refused to pay the illegal fees for a permit to run their vehicles they would have been at risk of having their vehicles seized and their business disrupted . |
| 11 | Police have refused to identify the 22-year-old clerk because her life could be put at risk . |
| 12 | After an earlier round of talks in Islamabad in July [ see pp. 38338-39 ] , it was reported that some mujaheddin groups had refused to accept the inclusion of representatives of the Najibullah regime in a transitional government [ see also p. 38194 ] . |
| 13 | The statement said that , having considered the application , the magistrates had refused to issue the summons . |
| 14 | Judges in more recent cases have refused to enter the arena . |
| 15 | Our courts have refused to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament either on the ground that Parliament had no power to pass it or on the ground that the statute had been improperly passed . |
| 16 | ‘ The Tories have refused to fund the policing our town needs the police are more overstretched than ever before . |