Sentence examples for polite invitation from inspiring English sources

We would have liked to have heard a more forceful demand — rather than a polite invitation — for the Republicans to either support his health care reform plan or produce their own plan, one that provides real security for all Americans and has a real chance to reduce costs.

It's polite to accept an invitation.

But, after asking twice, while he was nothing but impeccably polite, I realised my invitation was not welcome and desisted.

Haywood says she would advise her clients to be discreet if they wanted to ask for cash, making the request a short but polite sentence on the invitation or leaving it to be found on the couple's wedding website.

Politely decline invitations.

It has saved me numerous times from having to type my mailing address, my lengthy e-mail address, or a polite "no thanks" for invitations to events in distant cities.

Juan Cole adds this simple point: "Israel, which daily steals Palestinian land and resources, is like a wealthy person who insists on burglarizing his neighbor, and naturally after a while the dinner invitations in polite society drop off".

This year the festival is offering more than 200 different productions in 20 locations -- to call them all theaters would be to stretch the definition of theater -- and to judge from the number of invitations, both polite and pleading, that I've received lately, the commercial aspirations of Fringe show producers are accelerated.

Be polite, but decline all invitations to celebratory events that hang off the national day.

"The best way to ensure Facebook fidelity is by taking a look at the names and numbers in your mobile phone," says Malik. "We are not using the privacy settings of Facebook, and are too polite to say no to invitations from people who want to friend us.

Did they accept the Pilgrims' invitation just to be polite neighbors?