Example sentences of "[noun pl] refused [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One hundred and nine adult asymptomatic cases without any abdominal complaints ( 68 women , with a mean age of 45.6 years ) , who agreed to participate in this study , were selected from an original group of 120 controls ; 11 subjects refused to participate in the investigation . |
| 2 | A few teenagers refused to leave with the others , but after about ten minutes they joined the crowd in Guildhall Square where the recently revived DUAC was holding a teach-in . |
| 3 | In 1988 the foster parents applied to adopt D. The parents refused to consent to the adoption . |
| 4 | The Khmers Rouges refused to abide by the plan on the grounds that the UN had failed to verify adequately the withdrawal of all Vietnamese troops from Cambodia . |
| 5 | Embarrassed Trade and Industry Department officials refused to comment on the letter . |
| 6 | When the airlines refused to negotiate on the claim , the pilots refused to work outside business hours from Aug. 18 . |
| 7 | Among the items removed was a charred Christmas tree but fire officers refused to speculate on the cause of the blaze . |
| 8 | Consequently ILP members on local authorities or in Trade Union positions refused to remain in the Party . |
| 9 | Both sides refused to elaborate on the reasons for Bowman 's departure , but press reports attributed it to disagreements over the pace at which the authority sought to bring water standards up to European Community standards . |
| 10 | No pupils refused to participate in the study , and as pupils were not warned about the administration of the survey we assumed that those registered pupils who did not complete the survey were either absent or had left the school . |
| 11 | There were no official figures for Iraqi lives lost , and throughout the campaign allied commanders refused to speculate upon the subject . |
| 12 | A number of British garages refused to quote for the job directly , giving only-their hourly-rates and an estimate of how long it would take . |