Sentence examples for decline to act from inspiring English sources

If the commission thinks such initiatives are dangerous, it may decline to act, though then it will have to explain why it has ignored a million signatures.

Some conservatives worry that Obama will decline to act against Gaddafi, allowing the dictator to regain his 41-year hold over the country.

"In light of the binding holding of Obergefell, it cannot be defensibly argued that the holder of the Rowan County Clerk's office... may decline to act in conformity with the United States Constitution," the court said.

Legislatures should repeal criminal prohibitions and alienation of affection statutes, and where legislatures decline to act, courts should strike down adultery penalties as an infringement of constitutionally protected rights of privacy.

The Senate declined to act to stop Saturday deliveries.

Justice Department officials declined to act on the F.B.I.'s application.

But lawmakers and the governor have declined to act.

The Bush administration has declined to act on either matter.

What happens, for example, if a Member State declines to act on Council recommendations?

In the United States, the Securities and Exchange Commission has so far declined to act.

When lawmakers declined to act on the arena legislation Thursday, he took credit for sinking it.