Example sentences of "[noun prp] refused [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Attorney General William Barr refused to comment on the appointment of former District of Columbia federal attorney Joseph diGenova or to confirm which officials were under investigation , it was widely reported that the latter included outgoing Chief of Staff James Baker . |
| 2 | Corden refused to comment on the manager Frank Gray 's position . |
| 3 | Moreover , Einstein refused to believe in the reality of quantum mechanics , despite the important role he had played in its development . |
| 4 | The parliamentary commission charged in January 1989 with the inquiry into the Lucona affair presented its report on June 28 ( which the FPÖ refused to sign on the grounds that it treated those concerned too leniently ) . |
| 5 | Rubin refused to comment on the rumour , but did n't deny it . |
| 6 | Company spokesman Denis Reading refused to comment on the passengers ' reports of a foul smell . |
| 7 | However , Grant refused to apologise for the embarrassment caused to Brady even after the manager stated his belief that boardroom matters involving the manager of any club should remain confidential . |
| 8 | Reagan refused to abide by the ruling and on Feb. 5 , the deadline for the release of the diaries , the former President invoked executive privilege — the principle that a President 's communications should remain confidential . |
| 9 | Since Iran refused to pay for the TOW missiles until they were delivered a Saudi Arabian middleman called Adnan Khashoggi , whose social lifestyle and divorce proceedings help fill the pages of the tabloid press , put up a bridging loan of $5 million . |
| 10 | Legal representatives for Nelson refused to comment on the visit from the Stevens team or to indicate whether Nelson has decided not to proceed with legal actions against both the Prison Service and the BBC over the use of extracts from his ‘ jail journal ’ in television programmes without his permission . |
| 11 | The Trotskyist branches , on the other hand , wanted the formation of a Fourth International with the centralizing and directing power which the NAC refused to countenance in the Comintern , or encourage in the Left Socialist Bureau . |
| 12 | Wendy refused to comment after the case . |
| 13 | Much to the prince 's disgust the captain of the Du Teillay refused to join in the action for fear of endangering his passenger 's life , but the Elisabeth suffered 57 killed and 176 wounded and such serious damage that she had to be sent back to Brest , taking with her her precious cargo of arms and French volunteers . |
| 14 | Richard Needham has talked of ‘ facing Gerry Adams eyeball to eyeball ’ , but the truth is that Richard Needham refused to talk to the MP about development in West Belfast . |
| 15 | Four years ago , Ghanaian students studying in the Azerbaijan capital of Baku refused to return to the city after their summer holidays , because of hostility amongst the local population . |
| 16 | Warner refused to comply with the DTI 's request for information under s.178(1) . |
| 17 | Koffigoh refused to submit to the demand that he leave the government headquarters where he had taken refuge , and on Nov. 28 asked President Mitterrand of France to despatch troops to Togo urgently . |