Sentence examples for by refusing to agree from inspiring English sources
Although he cannot veto a deal, he could scuttle it by refusing to agree to an extension with the Nets.
As a practical matter, therefore, individual Member States can sabotage the conclusion of a withdrawal agreement simply by refusing to agree to an extension.
By refusing to agree decisive EU action now, the German chancellor Angela Merkel is putting narrow national interests before the stability and solidarity of Europe as a whole.
Nevertheless, when Bolivia and Venezuela expelled the American ambassadors in their countries in September, Mr Zelaya duly mimicked them by refusing to agree to the arrival of a new ambassador.
"By refusing to agree appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation," said Ilkka Rahnasto, vice president for legal and intellectual property at Nokia.
He's right — and now it's up to GOP leaders to back him by refusing to agree to any omnibus spending bill that allows a taxpayer bailout for insurance companies that made a bad bet on Obamacare.
Mr. Chirac accused Britain of refusing to compromise and of damaging the integration of the bloc's 10 new members last year by selfishly refusing to agree to earmark money from the new budget to them.
Their attacks, he says, would be prompted by minor disciplinary infractions, such as refusing to agree to the third cell search in a day - which he describes as an act of deliberate provocation.
The white paper says that a currency union would make most sense for Scotland and for the rest of the UK (rUK) and, at the news conference, Salmond and Sturgeon said that on this basis they expected rUK to agree to one, regardless of the comments now being made by the Treasury about the Bank of England refusing to agree.
Senate Republicans, by refusing to hold hearings for Judge Merrick B. Garland, President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, seemed to agree.
Having considered the club's stated views on this issue as expressed democratically by members, the board has refused to agree with the move our FA Cup first round game".
