Sentence examples for basis for refusing from inspiring English sources

Membership by judicial candidates in private clubs that discriminate on the basis of sex, religion or ethnicity has been a basis for refusing to confirm people for judgeships for nearly a decade.

Before the AOL-Time Wannouncement announcementhethe government had used this regulatory tradition as the basis for refusing to force cable companies to open their networks to independent Internet service companies.

Second, the deployment of a deeply cynical logical fallacy by the court of appeal in the case of J (Iran) [2006], which forms a convenient basis for refusing an asylum claim in most LGBT cases.

I have been advised firmly that there is no legal basis for refusing me a copy of the report in appropriately confidential circumstances.

He has told DCLG that it cannot use this argument as the basis for refusing to release the data freely and publicly.

Even if Judge Parrish had some reasonable basis for refusing to suppress Khadr's statements due to his early mistreatment, it's hard to understand what reasonable basis might exist for not providing the jury with this information now.

If the House of Representatives is dependent on Sisi for its own defense, then what basis does it have for refusing his demands, whatever they may be — and whatever they may mean for Libya's future?

A minority of physicians reported that their reasons for refusing to meet MRs had a commercial basis, as physicians might encounter some conflict with certain companies due to disagreements about a commercial deal.

Among 246 men who refused HIV testing, 192 (78%) gave reasons for refusing testing.

A bill approved in Indiana in March that critics said provided a legal basis for businesses to refuse services to gay customers was amended in April to explicitly outlaw such discrimination after the state was hit with a flood of negative national attention, including criticism from some major companies based in the state.

"To ensure that all signing statements previously issued are followed only when consistent with these principles," he wrote, "executive branch departments and agencies are directed to seek the advice of the attorney general before relying on signing statements issued prior to the date of this memorandum as the basis for disregarding, or otherwise refusing to comply with, any provision of a statute".