Example sentences of "[noun sg] refused [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Orkney Islands Council Social Work Department refused to implement the independent decision of the Children 's Panel , and blamed the Reporter for allowing them to reach it . |
| 2 | Finally , in August 1987 , SAVE wrote a firm and formal letter to the Secretary of State stating that , if the Department refused to list the building , SAVE would consider taking legal action . |
| 3 | The opposition refused to accept the legality of the move and threatened to resign en masse in protest over the DLP 's disregard for legislative procedure . |
| 4 | The American delegation refused to accept the Soviet proposals and thus undermine the Moscow agreement to which the United States was a signatory . |
| 5 | The Israeli delegation refused to discuss the controversial issue of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories . |
| 6 | But negotiations were broken off by the government on 3 May once the compositors at the Daily Mail refused to set the type for an editorial on ‘ For King and Country ’ . |
| 7 | In 1990 , the Royal Mail refused to celebrate the centenary of the Forth Bridge , one of the engineering feats of the 19th century . |
| 8 | Darlington borough council refused to see the South African visitors including diplomat Pierrette Grobler , who has special responsibility for the North-East . |
| 9 | If a rule book was not yet available , that was because it was … at the printer's. 64 But the Edinburgh Trades Council refused to recognize the women 's union , describing it as a " bogus association , engineered by women suffragists " and its leaders found themselves beleaguered . |
| 10 | The most recent case was in 1973 when the government appointed a commissioner to take over the housing responsibilities of the Clay Cross Urban District Council because the council refused to operate the provisions of the Housing Finance Act 1972 and charge higher rents to council tenants . |
| 11 | There was uproar when the council refused to hear the delegation and the meeting was adjourned , the Unionists withdrawing but the Nationalists remaining in their seats . |
| 12 | The judge refused to refer the case back to magistrates . |
| 13 | A New York judge refused to allow the 57-year-old to give presents directly to the children . |
| 14 | The judge refused to allow the questions to be put . |
| 15 | Nasa won the first round of the legal battle on Tuesday , when a federal judge refused to order the launch be postponed . |
| 16 | In proceedings brought by the husband the judge refused to order the return of the child to Canada , on the grounds that his removal and retention was not wrongful within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 , since the father had no rights of custody ; and that , under article 13 , there was a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if he was returned to Ontario because of the lack of proper accommodation and financial support . |
| 17 | But the judge refused to sanction the sale . |
| 18 | The framework would allow the Law Society to seek judicial review in the High Court if a judge refused to approve the rules . |
| 19 | However , the judge refused to read the statements in public : |
| 20 | The deputy judge refused to admit the document to probate . |
| 21 | Top members of the royal household refused to name the person they believe wrote the ‘ fake ’ note . |
| 22 | The full committee refused to redirect the funds and , paradoxically , the very fact that test-tube fusion is news has grabbed public attention and ironically could be the headline that revitalises interest and in the longer term attracts money from Congress — for hot fusion . |
| 23 | The council 's planning committee refused to consider the application for a £7 million store at Hillington Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Glasgow . |
| 24 | On Tuesday , the council 's planning committee refused to consider the application by Toys R Us to open a store on Hillington industrial estate on the outskirts of Glasgow . |
| 25 | The academic establishment refused to entertain the possibility that this doctrine was of any wider significance to criminal law beyond the local issue of what is to be done with the drunken offender and , within that narrow compass , that the doctrine was coherent or justifiable . |
| 26 | Having weakened the bull , the matador in this Madrid fight at the last moment refused to deliver the fatal thrust . |
| 27 | Earlier in the week Darlington council 's controlling Labour group refused to meet the all-white delegation . |
| 28 | Although the Court refused to answer the Article 7 question , given its response to the argument based on Article 3 , common lawyers will be pleased to see the Court 's comment on one aspect of the Article 7 argument . |
| 29 | The court refused to allow the claim , holding that the clause ( imposing an exorbitant charge ) was particularly onerous and unusual and the library had not taken all reasonable steps to bring it to the attention of the agency . |
| 30 | On Jan. 22 the Supreme Court refused to allow the only all-male dining club at Princeton University to maintain its exclusion of women as members . |