Sentence examples for power to refuse from inspiring English sources

By informing ourselves and supporting each other, we gain the power to refuse.

More than 60% of prostitutes felt they had more power to refuse clients than they did before.

For the first time, MI5, MI6 and GCHQ will have lost the power to refuse the ISC's demands for information.

Unfortunately many of these do win, because they have more power to refuse, be that in government or the workplace.

To be sure, Cameron may win the power to refuse migrants from the EU benefits from the moment they arrive.

In effect, it gives the commission the power to refuse admittance to anyone it considers offensive, some residents said.

"We have powers to refuse results if they have obvious defects," he said.

Until then Mayors had powers to refuse projects approved by local councils, but not to allow projects they had rejected.

"But our powers to refuse consent need to be underpinned by the law because they can always be overturned by the [Planning] Inspectorate.

"Warrants should not be issued for minor offences or issued many years after an alleged offence, and courts should use their powers to refuse extradition where it would breach basic fair trial and other human rights," the group said.

"Local authorities are hamstrung by the current planning and licensing systems, under which councils have extremely limited powers to refuse openings, even in places that are already saturated with certain types of businesses," she added.