Sentence examples for invitation to testify from inspiring English sources

"We are pleased Mr. Toyoda accepted the invitation to testify before the committee," they said.

Mr. Gormley added that anyone refusing an invitation to testify would be subpoenaed.

Dutrow accepted an invitation to testify, but then did not show up, saying he was ill.

Dr. James Wilson, who directs Penn's Institute for Human Gene Therapy, declined an invitation to testify, and declined to be interviewed for this article.

Before storming off the podium, Clemens said that his lawyer, Rusty Hardin, had advised him to accept the committee's invitation to testify under oath to try to clear his name.

Mr. Nasser, who earlier in the week turned down an invitation to testify, said today he had changed his mind -- but Congressional aides said he pointedly refused to appear on the same panel as Mr. Ono.

Some expressed irritation over Mr. Ridge's refusal to accept certain invitations to testify before committees.

After Wal-Mart officials declined invitations to testify before the Council this year, detractors likened the decision to skipping a political debate.

The Ford Motor Company said today that its chief executive and president, Jacques A. Nasser, had declined invitations to testify next week before Congressional committees investigating tire failures, mainly on Ford Explorers.

Re "Opting Out": Scientists like Dr. Kenneth R. Miller erred in refusing invitations to testify before the Kansas school board at its recent hearings.

C1 Inquiry Into Tire Failures Ford said its chief executive and president, Jacques Nasser, had declined invitations to testify before Congressional committees investigating tire failures, mainly on Ford Explorers.