Example sentences of "refused [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In response to the charge in a leaflet by Tom Mann and the Red International of Labour Unions that the NUGW had refused to support the miners on Black Friday , Thorne adroitly deflected criticism by declaring that this was malicious propaganda designed to ‘ disrupt everyone of the workmen 's organisations ’ ( SE 20 August 21 ) . |
| 2 | The SPD , for example , had refused to support the CDU in its desire for electoral reform . |
| 3 | Silkin explained in a press interview that he had refused to enforce the law against the postal workers ' trade union because he feared that the action would precipitate a postal strike . |
| 4 | Successive governments have refused to implement the recommendation of the Evershed Committee in 1953 that the costs of going to law over issues of general public importance should be paid out of public funds . |
| 5 | It is difficult to see how this Conference could " possibly have approved fusion ; even if it had done , half the constituencies would probably have refused to implement the decision . |
| 6 | Sheffield City Council simply refused to implement the Act and employed two officers to persuade tenants to withdraw applications to purchase . |
| 7 | Myanma 's military-dominated regime , however , which had refused to implement the results of the May 1990 general election won by the NLD , made it clear that Suu Kyi was regarded as a troublemaker and that she would remain under house arrest ; she had refused to renounce political involvement and go into exile . |
| 8 | Castalia , the Italian company responsible for the waste in question , has refused to publicise the exact nature of the toxic chemicals involved , but it does deny that any of the waste is radioactive . |
| 9 | It is a tradition that has refused to claim the certainty claimed by both these camps . |
| 10 | However , the ‘ label boss ’ allegedly refused to issue the single unless Suede signed a seven-album deal . |
| 11 | The statement said that , having considered the application , the magistrates had refused to issue the summons . |
| 12 | It included Yo Un-hyong , who had refused to attend the RDC , and Pak Hon-yong . |
| 13 | Libya had refused to attend the meeting . |
| 14 | Most recently he had also refused to attend the UNCED summit , which he described as a " funeral wake " , arguing that the failure to agree on a carbon tax " deluded expectations and eluded responsibility " [ see p. 38947 ] . |
| 15 | Rodríguez had refused to attend the final session on June 18 of the National Constituent Assembly , which over the previous six months had drafted the Constitution , because of the Assembly 's approval of a " transitory clause " on June 15 which ensured that he was included in a general constitutional ban on presidents standing for re-election . |
| 16 | At first she had refused to wear the skirt , preferring her old jeans . |
| 17 | Dr Asvat had refused to treat the boy because his condition was too serious . |
| 18 | Walsh departed , and although Coleridge later refused to see the ‘ Spy Nozy ’ incident as other than ridiculous , the government 's unwanted attentions had marked a time of real danger , as John Thelwall , from bitter recent experience , could have warned . |
| 19 | They have refused to debate the budget until the government calls Mr Nakasone to testify under oath about his role in the Recruit affair . |
| 20 | But the COS had refused to acknowledge the role of economic forces with respect to character , justifying J. A. Hobson 's jibe that their philosophy could be summed up in the phrase ‘ character is the condition of conditions ’ . |
| 21 | In 1979 , when the infant Countess Magritta of Marienburg was elected Empress , the Grand Theogonist himself refused to acknowledge the appointment and the Imperial system was effectively ended . |
| 22 | The government has refused to acknowledge the risk of a poverty trap for those forced to pay maintenance under the Child Support Act . |
| 23 | Successive governments had refused to acknowledge the refugees as Rwandan nationals , or adequately to address the problem of the burden placed on Rwanda 's neighbours by their presence . |
| 24 | Greece had long pointed to Macedonia 's Greek heritage , arguing that its name was of Greek origin , and had refused to acknowledge the existence of a separate Macedonian culture and language . |
| 25 | Leaders of such religions , whose pronouncements undoubtedly influenced those missionaries , have persistently refused to accept the truth of the fact that , there is no ‘ god ’ with powers to override the laws of survival , these are inexorable and do not include any element of compassion . |
| 26 | However in order to cling with grim determination to the ancient beliefs which quite unavoidably preceded intelligent religious thought , religious leaders have refused to accept the fact . |
| 27 | GERMANY furiously refused to accept the blame yesterday for Britain 's sterling crisis — and was backed by the International Monetary Fund . |
| 28 | Philips , who have refused to accept the existence of eight-track cartridges , feeling that all their efforts should be channelled into forwarding the advance of the cassette , finally cave in and begin marketing cartridges themselves . |
| 29 | Coetzee was quoted as telling the Johannesburg Sunday Times that he had refused to accept the parcel , in October 1990 , because of the duty he was asked to pay . |
| 30 | After an earlier round of talks in Islamabad in July [ see pp. 38338-39 ] , it was reported that some mujaheddin groups had refused to accept the inclusion of representatives of the Najibullah regime in a transitional government [ see also p. 38194 ] . |