After two seasons back at Somerton Park, a second, two-year spell in exile at Gloucester City began in 1992 after the Football Association of Wales responded to their refusal to join the League of Wales by refusing to sanction their participation in the English game – an argument County won in the High Court.
The Pope may not call for murder, but the Vatican is directly responsible for millions of Aids deaths by refusing to sanction condoms even in parts of Africa where half the population is infected with HIV, putting out deliberate lies that condoms are useless against the virus anyway.
But the couple pleaded guilty and received a fine of £650 for taking their sons, aged 11 and eight, to India last year despite English Martyrs Catholic primary school in Preston refusing to sanction their absence.
Al Ahly attempts to play friendly matches at home have also been frustrated in recent weeks, with police refusing to sanction any games because of security concerns.
The Republicans are refusing to sanction more than $2bn and are steadfastly against any increase in taxes, even on the very rich.
In Scotland the SNP also refuses to sanction council-tax increases.
In Alabama, the supervisory authority refused to sanction another survey of candidates asking, "Are you a born-again Christian?
Several years later, after Stockman left the White House, he wrote a best-selling book, "The Triumph of Politics," in which he recalled the encounter with Baker and lamented the fact that Reagan's political advisers refused to sanction cuts in spending programs to pay for the tax reductions.
It has refused to sanction federal interference in local municipal affairs by rejecting a Department of Urban Affairs proposed by the President.
And while Ban Ki-moon initially refused to sanction an investigation, in July an internal inquiry was set up under his watch; its findings are yet to be publicly disclosed.
Contacted by a USA Today reporter in late December, a state tourism official refused to sanction or endorse what he termed "that phraseology".
