Sentence examples for firm declining from inspiring English sources

But the General Accounting Office said there were still so many weaknesses in the government's financial systems that it could not certify the report -- the equivalent of a company's accounting firm declining to sign off on its client's books.

But when it came to the design of its bottles, the company stood firm, declining to reduce the plastic content beyond a certain point because it believed that it would make them less visually attractive, according to a recent report in The McKinsey Quarterly, an online business management journal.

It limits carbon pollution with a firm, declining cap, giving Californian businesses maximum flexibility in how to make their operations more efficient and innovate their way out of the high-carbon, low-efficiency bind.

That firm declined to comment.

The firm declined to comment further.

The law firm declined to comment.

A spokesman for Mr. Stamos's firm declined to comment.

The firm declined to comment on the case.

Mr. Icahn's firm declined to provide an after-fees figure.

A spokesman for the firm declined to comment.

The firm declined to comment yesterday on the agencies' actions.