Example sentences of "they [verb] refused [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also strong pressure for the same action in Armenia , where thousands of angry demonstrators surrounded the Supreme Soviet in Yerevan all night on Monday , because they had refused to abolish the party 's leading role in the republic . |
| 2 | They had refused to pay the toll as they were delivering humanitarian aid . |
| 3 | They have refused to debate the budget until the government calls Mr Nakasone to testify under oath about his role in the Recruit affair . |
| 4 | The courts have not gone so far as to give a cause of action in damages for the breach of such a promise , but they have refused to allow the party making it to act inconsistently with it . |
| 5 | While exhorting the judiciary to use custodial sentences only for the really wicked , who commit serious offences , they have refused to compromise the supposed independence of the judiciary by interfering directly in the judicial process . |