Example sentences of "refuse [verb] [prep] the new " in BNC.
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| 1 | A number of prominent Kuwait opposition figures were reportedly arrested by the Iraqi forces after refusing to participate in the new government . |
| 2 | Under the emergency powers dozens of bank managers and supermarket owners had been arrested for allegedly refusing to comply with the new legislation . |
| 3 | At his barracks in London 's Knightsbridge yesterday , the major refused to comment on the new allegations which are understood to have been made by a junior officer or private . |
| 4 | At the time Qayyum , whose party was aligned to the Islamic Democratic Alliance , a dominant partner in the recently appointed interim government in Islamabad , refused to swear in the new Cabinet led by Mumtaz Rathore . |
| 5 | The orang caretakers asked Wartaputra to honour his agreement and refused to cooperate with the new plans . |
| 6 | Similarly , in the second case the defendant company in the national litigation had transferred its cargo loading and unloading business to another company , but the plaintiff employees refused to transfer to the new employers and were dismissed by the transferor . |