Sentence examples for in refusing to approve from inspiring English sources
Mr. Gray has also sided with police groups against civil rights groups in refusing to approve a bill to track racial profiling by police agencies.
The company says Icann violated its own bylaws in refusing to approve Afternic's application to become an accredited primary registrar for Internet addresses.
DealBook » Britain Remains a Dissenter Over Bank Capital Rules | During a meeting of European Union finance ministers, Britain was alone in refusing to approve new capital requirements for banks, The New York Times reports.
Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court in Manhattan went as far as to describe the S.E.C.'s approach as "hallowed by history but not by reason" in refusing to approve a settlement with Citigroup without an acknowledgment of wrongdoing.
In refusing to approve the settlement, Judge Bucklo ruled that the plaintiffs' lawyers who negotiated a deal with Block and Household Finance, which became a participant in Block's loan program after buying Beneficial National Bank in 1999, failed to conduct adequate discovery.
In March, Kirk criticized Democrats for refusing to approve a bill against human trafficking because it contained anti-abortion language.
The ability of the Republicans to draw further blood by refusing to approve an increase in the debt ceiling has been left intact.
"Can I ask you to confirm troubling reports the joint committee on statutory instruments [the body in charge of scrutinising such regulations] have, in fact, refused to approve the draft because it is riddled with errors?
Bailey Aldrich, a federal judge in Boston, refused to approve the fees of several lawyers who attended but did not participate in a hearing.
In November 2007, a divided three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, refused to approve the settlement on grounds that had not been advanced by any party.
