Sentence examples for decided to rebuff from inspiring English sources

"You have to be disciplined and ruthless," Mr. Liddell said by telephone last week, before Yahoo's board decided to rebuff the offer.

SAB Miller said its board met on Wednesday and decided unanimously to rebuff AB InBev's approach.

Some maintain, for example, that undue sensitivity has been accorded to the feelings of Muslims in deciding whom to rebuff.

After his official pleas to look inside were rebuffed he decided to brave the consequences, ripping a hole to peek inside.

Rebuffed, Mr. Ebner decided to unload his stake.

It also wants to collaborate with the Americans on the International Space Station; having so far been rebuffed, China has decided to build its own station.

And the more straightforward Anglo gets, the more attractive it could be if, say, Xstrata, a rebuffed suitor, ever decided to make another approach.

Murdoch was eager to expand his holdings on this side of the Atlantic, but previous attempts to buy a big American publication had been rebuffed, so he decided to found his own.

What if President George W Bush, after his attempts to partially privatise the Social Security retirement savings programme were rebuffed by Congress, had decided to implement his plan by executive fiat?

But having been rebuffed in that effort, they decided to get the materials published elsewhere.

In any case, Salmond and his justice minister, Kenny MacAskill, have decided to spare the senators another home defeat by rebuffing their invitation.