Sentence examples for firm refusal from inspiring English sources

But when he meets in Riyadh, the Saudi capital, with King Abdullah, he should be prepared for a polite but firm refusal, Saudi officials and political experts say.

During a recent performance, he responded to a request for Randy with a firm refusal in the form of a very short story: "Randy was getting a blow job near a volcano and he fell in and died".

But the relief that a viewer can take away from "The Daily Show" has less to do with its specific point of view than with its unfailingly polite but firm refusal to subscribe to anyone else's program.

Britain and France have already agreed to make a joint and identical decision, whether it be a reluctant acceptance of Herr Hitler's stiff terms or a firm refusal to be intimidated, or an effort once more to devise some sort of a compromise.

A Frequently Asked Questions page explains the site's polite but firm refusal to remove the images: "Since Wikipedia is an encyclopedia with the goal of representing all topics from a neutral point of view, Wikipedia is not censored for the benefit of any particular group".

The firm refusal from the Leveson inquiry is embarrassing to David Cameron, who claimed on Wednesday that the inquiry was the best forum to determine whether Hunt, as well as his special adviser Adam Smith, had handled the bid in a partisan manner.

Campaigners have previously been frustrated by the firms' refusal to push for a systemic overhaul of Fifa but May's arrests followed by last week's dramatic move by the Swiss attorney general to open criminal proceedings against Blatter appears to have been a tipping point.

Such monopolies and the private firms' refusal to extend their services into sparsely populated and unprofitable rural areas aroused demand for provincial entry into the market, which was effected in 1907.

Ladbrokes' long-standing association with the World Hurdle is also under serious threat as a result of the firm's refusal to agree ABP status.

But a combination of the firm's refusal to allow him to disclose his financial records and his own contradictory statements is putting Mr. Corzine in an uncomfortable box.

Guy Moszkowski, an analyst at Salomon Smith Barney, said the firm's refusal to rein in such costs reflects "a conscious decision to spend meaningful amounts of money to continue to update and automate securities trading and clearance platforms".