Sentence examples for can we decline from inspiring English sources

How can we decline these requests without seeming rude or stingy?

"I recall when Budweiser wanted to brand beer cans we declined," Janine Sikes, a spokeswoman for UF, wrote in an email to colleagues.

How can we decide whether poverty is declining or increasing?

Third, having a share of something implies that (a) we can trade it (There are ways that we can almost trade our lives. For instance, if a person was to sell a vital organ to clear a debt. Although is at present illegal (in the UK) for a person to do so, there has been a call to allow the sale of kidneys [ 2]) (b) we can give our share of it away and (c) we can decline it.

On this occasion, I think we can politely decline his generous offer and take him at his word.

We can properly decline to apply the Chimel rule, or the principles of Marchetti and Grosso, to the present cases only if that is consistent with the reasons for the provision, in our federal legal system, of a habeas corpus proceeding to test the validity of an individual's official confinement.

Can we halt the decline of the west?

Dr Lin told the BBC: "The major public health question is if we treat hearing loss can we delay cognitive decline or dementia?

"He wasn't on our radar screen, but he tracked me down and said, 'I want to help the governor, what can we do?' " Barbour said, declining to name the donor to protect him from media inquiries.

5. Pension Issues in Japan: How Can We Cope with the Declining Population?

I know that sea ice can only decline as we continue to pump increasing quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.