Example sentences of "[adv] refused the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coleman apparently refused the offer of the professorship unless Moorcroft became his colleague , and the two were appointed joint professors of the College on 18 February ( proposed by Stone , seconded by Perkyns ) . |
| 2 | This approach has aroused the anger of the present Earl of Stockton , who apparently refused the author permission to quote from the family archives on the grounds that Davenport-Hines has written ‘ psycho-history ’ . |
| 3 | At the same time Sir David Maxwell Fyfe persistently refused the requests of Sir Robert Boothby in Parliament that a Royal Commission should be set up to enquire into the nature and treatment of homosexuality . |
| 4 | The Abyssinian war of 1935–36 hardened the emerging division between those who looked to collective security to prevent a repeat of the Great War , and those who totally refused the use of force in international relations . |
| 5 | A second cafe also refused the French note but gave him drink and black bread . |
| 6 | The High Court also refused the taxpayer 's application to strike out the Crown 's appeal against the Special Commissioner 's decision by using its discretion under RSC Ord 18 , r 19 ; there was no plain and obvious case for so doing . |
| 7 | And Nietzsche , well before the turn of the century , castigated foundationalisms not just in the aesthetic realms , but similarly refused the certainties of notions of unconditional ethics and realist , mirror-of-nature epistemologies . |
| 8 | His interest in zoology was lifelong : he later refused the chair of zoology in a South African university only because he felt committed to the preservation of Corsham . |
| 9 | She , who had always helped lame dogs , now refused the many helping hands that were held out to her , because they only hauled her back , temporarily , into a life of comfort from which she would later have to return to reality . |
| 10 | In fact , so contemptible did I find his dismissal of my judgement as to what constitutes talent on the football field , that I flatly refused the £200,000 fee they were willing to pay for Colin Webley and let the useless git go on a free transfer ! |
| 11 | Representatives of Slovenia attended the meeting as guests of the Austrian delegation , but the Yugoslav Foreign Ministry reportedly refused the Slovene request to be part of the Yugoslav delegation . |
| 12 | The nominations included prominent reformers Aleksandr Yakovlev , Popov , Sobchak , and also Shevardnadze who , however , immediately refused the invitation . |
| 13 | Miss Harder even refused the offer of financial assistance , in case it led to another child losing his chance of coming to Britain . |
| 14 | Cec then refused the terms offered by the club in the summer of 1927 and moved to Bristol City , but his 54 League goals for the Palace still keep him well within the top fifteen scorers in the history of our club . |
| 15 | Despite the agreed battle-plan , Franco did not move any of his forces up from the Jarama front and twice refused the request of the Italian Commander-in-Chief that his troops be relieved by Spaniards . |
| 16 | Little refused the offer of the alternative employment . |