Sentence examples similar to decisive refusal from inspiring English sources
The most decisive criteria leading to refusal of ICU admission were: prognosis of underlying disease (59%%), bed availability (49%%), previous functional condition (42 %) and lack of necessary medical specialty (41%%).
And while he's derided as weak, Miliband has started to challenge those interests in a way no leading British politician has for a generation – just as he played the decisive role in parliament's refusal to launch a disastrous attack on Syria last summer.
Political deadlock was cited as a major reason for last year's downgrade of America's credit-rating, and the House's refusal to take more decisive action to create jobs has hurt our economic recovery.
Though there were rumors of discord among soldiers, the leadership is still dominated by Mr. Assad's minority sect, and its deployment to Dara'a illustrated that a crucial bastion of government support remained loyal — in stark contrast with Egypt, where the military's refusal to fire on protesters proved decisive in President Hosni Mubarak's fall.
What he had not expected was Lyell's refusal to openly endorse his theory and Herschel's decisive (if polite) rejection of its key elements.
Lancaster further demonstrated his disapproval of the king by his refusal to assist Edward in his Scottish campaigns, including the decisive defeat at the Battle of Bannockburn.
Whereas the generals' refusal to support their regimes with tanks on the streets was decisive in the swift removal of both Ben Ali and Mubarak, Qaddafi's regime survived not only the defections of several senior figures but also seven months of assaults by NATO airstrikes.
But perhaps the decisive factor, many say, is what one Kremlin official called Mr. Gusinsky's stubborn refusal to leave the spotlight once Mr. Yeltsin left the Kremlin.
"Given his ability to direct refusal of the application were the Southbank Centre to continue with it, this is a huge and decisive step in maintaining one of London's most iconic cultural landmarks," it added.
