Sentence examples for invitations to testify from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

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.

Many marketers also raced to issue educational "white papers" on technology or social problems, get their chief executives treated as experts by the media or, best of all, secure invitations to testify before a Congressional committee -- all as an indirect way to attract recognition.

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

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

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

The show has become a national sensation, prompting changes in policy and earning Mr. Khan an invitation to testify before a committee of the Parliament about health care.

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.