Example sentences of "[noun sg] have refuse [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the new evidence , the Virginia judiciary had refused to order a retrial of the case , partly because Coleman 's lawyer filed an appeal document one day too late , and partly because of a state law which forbade the consideration of new evidence discovered more than 21 days after the date of the original conviction . |
| 2 | Mr and Mrs Lamplugh said : ‘ We are naturally disappointed that the council has refused to express a view on the statements we complained about , but has not upheld our complaint because they consider it was not appropriate . ’ |
| 3 | In its latest salvo over equal access to each other 's markets , AT&T Co is telling the US regulatory authorities that the accounting rates — the amount the originator pays the co-respondent for landing a call — between the UK and the US could be cut by 60% : according to the Financial Times , AT&T says British Telecommunications Plc has refused to agree a cut , British Telecom says nonsense , we are still considering it and we will let them know next month ; transatlantic accounting rates have fallen by near 50% over the past two years . |
| 4 | The case , referred under powers to challenge unduly lenient sentences introduced in February , is the first in which the Appeal Court has refused to substitute a stiffer sentence . |
| 5 | Thus , the court has refused to imply a term that a landlord entitled to recover the cost of insurance from his tenant is obliged to choose the cheapest method of insuring ( Bandar Property Holdings Ltd v Darwen ( JS ) ( Successors ) Ltd [ 1968 ] 2 All ER 305 ) or that the tenant is under an obligation not to use the demised property for an immoral purpose ( Burfort Financial Investments Ltd v Chotard ( 1976 ) 239 EGH 891 ) or that the landlord is entitled to interest on a retrospective increase in rent ( Trust House Forte Albany Hotels Ltd v Daejan Investments Ltd ( 1980 ) 256 EG 915 ) . |
| 6 | There was increasing speculation about Jordan 's deteriorating relations with the USA , amid reports that the Jordanian government had refused to back a US plan to overthrow Iraqi President Saddam Hussein . |
| 7 | A management spokesman said that the union had refused to accept a peace package as a whole , while the union negotiators claimed a lock-out of workers was in progress . |
| 8 | Over supper Gardiner and Foxe explained how a few days earlier Cardinal Campeggio , the Papal Legate had refused to take a decision on the King 's petition for a divorce from Queen Catherine of Aragon and had transferred the case to Rome . |
| 9 | In 1991 the Philippines ' Senate had refused to ratify a renegotiated bases treaty , and the US military had been given until the end of 1992 to effect a complete withdrawal . |
| 10 | The Good Parliament had refused to grant a subsidy , and accordingly another parliament was summoned for January 1377 . |