Sentence examples for could refuse to pass from inspiring English sources
Conceivably, a parliament could refuse to pass a budget proposed by the prime minister, but such an action would likely trigger a failure of the government and a new election - witness the current situation in the Netherlands, where Prime Minister Mark Rutte's government faced a no-confidence vote at the start of debate over his 2014 budget proposal.
Republicans, for their part, could again refuse to pass any partial extension.
Jodl testified he was strongly opposed on moral and legal grounds, but could not refuse to pass it on.
Of course I could refuse to go.
Democrats have accused him of avoiding an issue that could hurt his national prospects, and said they would refuse to pass the legislation required to put a referendum on the ballot.
But small parties would almost certainly refuse to pass a reform that might knock themselves out.
Discuss with your children how to be a positive digital citizen by not posting things that could be hurtful to other people and refusing to pass along hurtful messages their friends have shared.
He said Britain has refused to pass on information which could have resulted in mistreatment of suspects in foreign countries even when the failure to do so "allows terrorist activity to go ahead.
Yet the disbursement of these could be held up if the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which controls the upper house, refuses to pass related bills.
