Example sentences of "[vb -s] refused [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have published such reviews of the machinery of government in the past — in 1983 , they published the Rayner scrutiny of the HMI — but the Secretary of State has refused to publish the latest internal review . |
| 2 | THE Attorney General has refused to refer the case of an evil Harley Street rapist to the Court of Appeal . |
| 3 | But the brave old trouper , who turns out every week for his village team , has refused to let the nasty shiner hold up his one-man touring show . |
| 4 | The government has refused to acknowledge the risk of a poverty trap for those forced to pay maintenance under the Child Support Act . |
| 5 | It is a tradition that has refused to claim the certainty claimed by both these camps . |
| 6 | Castalia , the Italian company responsible for the waste in question , has refused to publicise the exact nature of the toxic chemicals involved , but it does deny that any of the waste is radioactive . |
| 7 | Derby County chairman Brian Fearn has refused to push the panic button after Tranmere 's 2–1 win . |
| 8 | Up to now , the PAC has refused to meet the Pretoria government or to join the Convention for a Democratic South Africa ( Codesa ) negotiations on a multi-racial constitutional agreement . |
| 9 | The DUP has refused to meet the US visitors because of their intention to speak to Sinn Fein . |
| 10 | Will he also tell us why he has refused to adopt the alternative package approach , involving a mixture of public transport and road schemes , that has been advocated by local authorities in the west midlands ? |
| 11 | Irene Schwidurski missed all those , since for many years she has refused to observe the major public holidays of the GDR , 1 May and 7 October , the date the state was founded . |
| 12 | , In an unprecedented move , the European Council has refused to renew the status of the French Pyrenees National Park , development in which is threatening the Pyrenean brown bear [ see ED 45 ] . |
| 13 | A FURIOUS row erupted last night after it was revealed that Justice Minister Maire Geoghegan-Quinn has refused to end the Republic 's shame over IRA statements . |
| 14 | Only Britain has refused to sign the EC social charter , offering rights to part-time and full-time workers . |