Example sentences of "refuse [to-vb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The final barrier to its operation came after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union , when the North-Rhine Westphalia administration responded to intensified local concern by refusing to grant it the required license to operate . |
| 2 | The real problem is that the Government refuses to accept what the Maastricht Treaty is about . |
| 3 | Certainly the crisis over Maastricht is no nearer solution , especially as the Government still refuses to accept what the Treaty is about . |
| 4 | A rich and aged relative , who has little use left for his wealth , refuses to give him the money he needs to go to Bali ( he has at last made up his mind ) , but there is an opportunity to steal it from him . |
| 5 | His father now refuses to give him the partnership . |
| 6 | ‘ So how long have you been waiting ? ’ she enquired , refusing to give him the satisfaction of rising to his bait or confirming his accurate character diagnosis . |
| 7 | From one of the nightclub staff , probably , she decided , refusing to give him the satisfaction of probing further . |
| 8 | Refusing to allow herself the indulgence of looking in the mirror and repairing her make-up , she walked slowly back down the hall and opened the door again with trembling hands . |
| 9 | Most people in the circumstances would have refused to believe what the evidence told them . |
| 10 | No one has yet been able to stand up to that complex and refuse to give it the money . |
| 11 | After a confrontation he refused to give her the bottle . |
| 12 | ‘ But Dr Dennes and Dr Van Lare refused to give her the treatment she was entitled to . ’ |
| 13 | She should stop him , should grab that exploring finger , but something within her refused to give him the satisfaction . |
| 14 | Following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in the Soviet Union in that year [ see p. 34460 ] , the North-Rhine Westphalia administration refused to give it the necessary licence to operate [ see also p. 34444 ] . |
| 15 | The expert refused to do what the lessors wanted him to do , namely to rewrite his certificate in a way which he thought would make the certificate conclusive against the lessees ' interests . |
| 16 | The Home Secretary , Kenneth Clarke , yesterday disputed the interpretation put on Mr Hurd 's words last Wednesday but refused to say what the Government would do if it lost . |
| 17 | A brilliant officer with more than twenty commendations , he had grown to believe he was omnipotent ; and when Mathews refused to tell him the names of his accomplices , saying it was more than his life was worth , Drury , obsessed with clearing up another case , offered him a deal : make a statement that three men whose names I will give you were your accomplices , testify against them in the witness-box , and in return no charges will be brought against you , and we 'll come to an arrangement about the reward money offered by the Post Office . |
| 18 | Some theories , especially those pitched at the level of the international system , refuse to enquire what the human actors have in their heads . |