Sentence examples for a position to refuse from inspiring English sources

I wasn't really in a position to refuse.

"He is not in a position to refuse," the diplomat said.

"I didn't know I was in a position to refuse to sign [the police documents].

He is simply not in a position to refuse to cooperate with Fidel Castro's campaign for Elian's return.

Wolf was not in a position to refuse such an offer, and, anyway, editorial independence was what the Voice was all about.

"But I'm not in a position to refuse it, I can't have seven years hanging over me," she said of the jail penalty she was facing.

Was this an act of realpolitik – a small, impoverished state accepting from its big, powerful neighbour an offer it was in no position to refuse?

This assistance has been a boon to cash-strapped local governments, which are in no position to refuse the aid on ideological grounds.

With a 50-storey shaft already on the skyline, the council was in no position to refuse further skyward ambitions.

The position to refuse".

Mr. Reid, who needs Republican support to pass the bill, was in no position to refuse.