Sentence examples for in refusing to recognise from inspiring English sources

The couple were heterosexual, but the decision highlighted the serious social consequences of Latvian legislators' insistence on traditional family norms in refusing to recognise any form of registered partnership other than heterosexual marriage.

The current Palestinian leadership headed by President Mahmoud Abbas has been absolutely right in refusing to recognise Israel as a Jewish state because it does not have the authority to speak for the Israeli people; nor should it acknowledge such undemocratic expressions of ethno-nationalism.

But he alienated most Mexicans when he spent months disputing his wafer-thin defeat in 2006, refusing to recognise Mr Calderón as president.He now offers "reconciliation and friendship", and has softened his hostility to business, promising no tax rises and to respect existing private oil-service contracts (though no new ones would be signed).

Houphouët-Boigny maintained a strong anti-communist foreign policy, which resulted in, among other things, severing diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union in 1969 (after first establishing relations in 1967) and refusing to recognise the People's Republic of China until 1983.

As modes of enquiry, they all revolve around a crucial piece of information which is already there, but which is withheld, missed, overlooked or lost (repressed), Franklin keeping the picture in her drawer, refusing to recognise the helical structure, Watson failing to take proper notes during her lecture, etc. while others consistently fail to look for it in the right place (usually quite nearby).

The reason the communes' members pay "tuppence" is because in 2009 a previous incarnation of OHG froze their rent, refusing to recognise those living in the properties as tenants in an attempt to force them out.

The Heseltine-Clarke-Hurd axis played its part in Major's downfall by refusing to recognise that the Tory party at all levels was stiffening its resistance to a centralised, federal Europe.

The Tory MP Stewart Jackson, a member of the PAC, accused the BBC of potentially being in contempt of parliament by "wilfully refusing to recognise the fact that parliament has invoked a standing order that compels them to release this information".

Last week, Belgrade agreed to allow Kosovo to take part in west Balkan regional meetings, despite refusing to recognise its independence.

Earlier Belgrade had agreed to allow Kosovo to take part in west Balkan regional meetings, despite refusing to recognise its independence.

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