Sentence examples for in a refusal to accept from inspiring English sources

De-radicalisation needs more than programmes and projects it will require changes in the everyday interactions between people – in smiles, favours, and acts of kindness; in actions which are rooted in a refusal to accept the 'us and them' narrative peddled by extremists on all sides.

So, here I found myself, once again... Back in the throes of attachment -- and in a refusal to accept the reality of my situation.

But where they are united is in a refusal to accept the current state of affairs, be it the oppressive system that has been imposed on the occupied lands, the dysfunctional politics of Washington, or the interference and crippling paralysis that has stymied Palestinian action.

The Occupy movement has dissipated, but we are seeing in Europe, primarily in Greece and Spain, a refusal to accept the austerity narrative that we appear to have wolfed down here in the UK.

He talks up the nation's free media, but also says that to switch on the television "is to find oneself entering a world permeated with conspiracy theories, an almost mythical space in which a refusal to accept that Pakistan can take the lead in solving its various crises seems not misguided but commonsensical".

ONE BILLION RISING IS: A global strike An invitation to dance A call to men and women to refuse to participate in the status quo until rape and rape culture ends An act of solidarity, demonstrating to women the commonality of their struggles and their power in numbers A refusal to accept violence against women and girls as a given A new time and a new way of being.

They said the commission's proud doctrine of collective responsibility amounted in practice to a refusal to accept personal responsibility so much so, they claimed, that "it is becoming difficult to find anybody who has even the slightest sense of responsibility".

We see this phenomenon in politics all the time: a refusal to accept, acknowledge or understand the consequences for others of decisions or proposals.

If for the Buddhists the basic condition is impermanence, to privilege as consummate only certain moments in the eternal flux may signify a refusal to accept that basic condition.

In state-sponsored (see welfare state) workfare systems, he claims, only monetary assistance is eliminated by a refusal to accept the throffer, while in private systems (that is, non-state charities or organisations offering conditional aid), other groups than the one operating a workfare system exist.

It's a culture of litigiousness and a refusal to accept personal responsibility.