Sentence examples for overtly refused from inspiring English sources

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If the government overtly refused to pay the compensation, that would be unusual and the Council of Europe would have to consider suspending the UK.

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Furthermore, some queer theorists overtly refuse to rule out pedophiles as 'queer' (Halperin, 1995, 62) Another criticism is that queer theory, in part because it typically has recourse to a very technical jargon, is written by a narrow elite for that narrow elite.

The women may have been less likely to overtly refuse the anal intercourse if she was under the influence of drugs.

Those who did not wish to be interviewed or provide a blood sample refused overtly.

But Jackson also refused to paint an overtly negative portrait of him.

They have, however, apparently refused to buy an overtly luxurious car, settling instead for a Suzuki Grand Vitara.

Regrettably, I must agree with your headline's conclusion largely because the White House has refused to undo many of the overtly political sanctions and provocations of the Bush administration.

This year, some large supermarket chains were accused of being positively "anti-religious", because they refused to stock chocolate Easter eggs with an overtly Christian message - on the grounds that they had not sold well enough in previous years.

But Ludwig finds something dreamlike and beautiful in all this artifice, largely by refusing any overtly poetic effects and allowing the slow rhythms and circular patterns of the narrative to reveal the unexpected scale of the characters' emotions.

"The Chinese government are acting in an overtly confrontational manner in refusing us access to do our job," he stated.

In his own speech at the U.N. this week, Mr. Obama refused to blame the recent anti-U.S. violence and acts of war on Islamic terrorism, overtly held on the anniversary of 9/11, or on his own disastrous policy of actively encouraging the displacement of U.S. allies in the Middle East with anti-American, Islam-driven regimes.

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