Example sentences of "[noun sg] refused [verb] with the " in BNC.

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1 The county council committee refused to comply with the request to remove Outram , pronouncing themselves well-pleased with their head-teacher .
2 The Westminster government refused to negotiate with the strikers and proposed to use the army to maintain essential services .
3 ‘ One bank refused to comply with the Bank of England and threatened to call in its brokers ’ loans .
4 Where the employer refused to deal with the union , the possibility of eventual violence was always high .
5 The remainder would then be destroyed over the following two years provided that no third country refused to comply with the ban .
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