Sentence examples for academy declines from inspiring English sources

The academy declines to name those turned down, for obvious reasons, and those who received the dreaded rejection letters are equally unlikely to advertise them, for reasons just as obvious.

Ray Howell, a spokesman for the academy, declined to answer further questions about the board's statement or the inquiry.

Because she refused to join the Communist Party, the academy declined to award her the doctorate that her cousin said she had earned.

Ryan O'Malley, a spokesman for the academy, declined to discuss the dispute except to say in an e-mail that the issue was "ongoing" and would be discussed internally on Thursday.

In 1989, three judges quit when the academy did not denounce Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini's call for the death of author Salman Rushdie after the publication of The Satanic Verses, but the academy declined to accept their resignations.

Ray Howell, a spokesman for the academy, declined to answer further questions, including whether the academy, based in Cambridge, Mass., had been contacted by the state's attorney general,  Martha Coakley, whose office has said it would reach out to the board regarding issues raised by a Boston Globe inquiry into Ms. Berlowitz's credentials and compensation.

A spokesperson for the academy declined to comment Thursday.

"Why can't security officers have protection too?" The academy declined to comment.

The academy declined to provide information on Deasy's compensation or whether he would serve full time.

"In negotiations, everyone is trying to find an edge". Representatives of ABC and the academy declined to comment Friday.

"It's just fundamentally fair, and we want it fixed". The academy declined to comment on the lawsuit.