Sentence examples for capable of refusing from inspiring English sources

But networks are capable of refusing to televise fighters who, by action or examination, are considered riskier than others.

All this openness undoubtedly makes us much healthier as a society, and although the Freedom of Information Act is imperfect - authorities are still capable of refusing a request, and obfuscating in a response, and the system is prey to frivolous requests (a demand to know the number of eligible bachelors in the Hampshire Police force is a famous one) - it sets the tone for our civic exchanges.

He imagined a self-confident Japan that was capable of refusing unreasonable demands from the United States and maintained a healthy equal relationship.

He imagined a self-confident Japan which was capable of refusing unreasonable demands from the United States and maintained a healthy equal relationship.

The Declarations of Tokyo and Malta, the World Medical Association and theAmerican Medical Association prohibit doctors from participating in force-feeding of prisoners capable of understanding the consequences of refusing food. .

Then there is the international who played for him at Saracens who felt he had a preconceived idea of what the players were capable of and refused to move beyond that, which made the players feel inhibited and unhappy.

Instead they progress in undulating waves, asking: are any of us really capable of changing (or refusing to change) ourselves, or are we at the mercy of the circumstances that mold us into our various versions?

He's a storyteller whose faith in humans can embrace the worst of what we are capable of and still refuse to lie down and die.

Obviously, in order to be capable of consenting to or refusing a given treatment, a subject must have some basic understanding of the facts involved in that decision.

What do the state legislators who passed "reading guarantee" laws imagine was going on -- that a great pack of third graders were out there perfectly capable of reading, but just refusing to learn out of laziness and spite, waiting for someone to kick their little tushies and get them in gear?

One player discovered Strahd's backstory and was so affected by it that when it came time to kill the vampire at the end of the adventure, despite having a sword capable of dispatching Strahd, he refused, and his companions were forced to complete the task.