Example sentences of "refuse pay the " in BNC.

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1 And the IRFU did nothing for its cause by not awarding caps for the matches against Canada and the United States and by refusing to pay the players the regulation daily allowance because the tour was one day short of the stipulated duration .
2 Both cooperating ( pulling each other 's ticks off ) is pretty good , but there is still a temptation to do even better by refusing to pay the costs of reciprocating .
3 They left their Nissan Bluebird locked in a free car park after refusing to pay the 40p fee at one nearby .
4 Refusing to pay the army 's wages risks not only throwing away all that has been achieved , against the odds , but also consigning Cambodia to renewed civil war .
5 I hope that my hon. Friend the Minister will be able to tell the House that there will be no amnesty for poll tax dodgers and that however high and mighty — be they Members of the House , Labour councillors or whoever — no one will receive an amnesty for refusing to pay the community charge .
6 A court in Bootle sentenced Fields on July 11 to 60 days ' imprisonment for refusing to pay the community charge or " poll tax " .
7 An example of the practical working of the economic balance of power can be seen on the estates of the bishopric of Worcester , where the peasants were able to nullify their lord 's attempts at coercion by simply refusing to pay the sums demanded .
8 But Mrs Mooney is refusing to pay the fine .
9 Howard tilts the card back and forth until he has seen the couple in the corner leave , and the manager quietly coping with a customer who refuses to pay the bill , then puts it carefully into his pocket to save for his children , who love this kind of toy .
10 However , if someone wilfully refuses to pay the charge , it is right that he should have to pay the price for his illegal action .
11 The defendant agreed to this and obtained a licence but later refused to pay the charge .
12 If the plaintiffs had refused to pay the illegal fees for a permit to run their vehicles they would have been at risk of having their vehicles seized and their business disrupted .
13 They had refused to pay the toll as they were delivering humanitarian aid .
14 It was in the light of that breach that the defendants had refused to pay the plaintiff any post-determination commission .
15 Around 20 have refused to pay the next instalment .
16 This page and Outlook , page 25 Payment withheld : Abbey National intends to refuse to pay the remaining £7m it nominally owes Lloyds Bank Registrars for the handling of its share distribution .
17 ABBEY NATIONAL intends to refuse to pay the remaining £7m it nominally owes Lloyds Bank Registrars for the handling of its share distribution and it is planning to claim additional compensation for the bungled flotation .
18 If Winder 's challenge to the resolution succeeded this would mean that all the council 's tenants would be in a position to refuse to pay the increased rent , and maybe to claim return of overpaid rent .
19 ‘ Are you going to refuse to pay the price , after all ? ’ fitzAlan grated harshly .
20 7.7.8 If at any time the Tenant shall be entitled to the benefit of any insurance on the Premises ( which is not effected or maintained in pursuance of any obligation contained in this Lease ) to apply all money received by virtue of such insurance in making good the loss or damage in respect of which such money shall have been received The landlord 's concern is to avoid the situation by which its insurers may refuse to pay the whole of the proceeds of insurance where the tenant has also taken out insurance cover for the premises , pursuant to a common provision found in insurance policies .
21 Some people said their incomes were so low they could not obtain mortgages and 18 were squatted in by former occupants who refused to pay the money .
22 Some people said that their incomes were so low that they could not obtain mortgages and 18 were squatted in by former occupants who refused to pay the money .
23 A Peasants ' Revolt — the workers of Kent and Essex — led by Walter the tiler ( who became known as Wat Tyler ) , occurred in 1381 , in which they refused to pay the Poll Tax , and they gathered together to sweep in revolt into London , Although only a lad , Richard II subdued the revolt .
24 Eventually it was decided that if Kalchu refused to pay the money the Tibetan should be allowed to kill the dog .
25 Last night she and her mother bedded down on a mattress in the back of their secondhand horse-box eating food heated up on a mobile stove because they refused to pay the London prices of the arena 's eating places .
26 ‘ Andrex refused to pay the import duty so the container company had to find a way of dumping 190,000 unwanted plastic dogs . ’
27 The combined effect of these ‘ taxes ’ was to make the stamped press an expensive commodity , thereby restricting its circulation , and to make the ‘ unstamped ’ press , i.e. those newspapers which refused to pay the duties , illegal and so subject to punitive measures .
28 In a story in yesterday 's Daily Mirror it was claimed that Arsenal centre-half Andy Linighan made the remark , including a comment about Adolf Hitler , after he refused to pay the fare to taxi driver Harry Levy .
29 He said he had woken him up when they arrived at Linighan 's Harpenden home , where he refused to pay the £63 fare .
30 The applicant thought that it was ultra vires and refused to pay the increased rent .
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