Sentence examples for rebuffs efforts from inspiring English sources

He rebuffs efforts to draw out the details of his past.

Rodriguez has rebuffed efforts by federal agents to speak with him about his relationship with Galea.

Mr. Walker has said the White House has rebuffed efforts to resolve the dispute through negotiation.

They have already rebuffed efforts by Venezuela and Iran, which are in similar straits to Nigeria, to have production limits restored.

For three years Mr Fayyad's government has rebuffed efforts to revive it and put legislation to parliamentary scrutiny.

Mr. Sell said that for more than a year the church had rebuffed efforts by Chicago to acquire the cemetery.

His forces are unified, heavily armed, passionate and loyal — at least, they were under his leadership — and Mr. Ibrahim had repeatedly rebuffed efforts to make peace with the government.

And some European historians who have worked on slave labor issues, for example, have rebuffed efforts by lawyers from the United States seeking alliances with them.

His family has so far rebuffed efforts from religious parties and the Iraqi National Accord Party to "adopt" the all-volunteer neighborhood medical center.

Since then, he said, he has had to rebuff efforts to privatize important assets, offering Russian partners 5- or 10-year leases instead.

The leaders of France and China rebuffed efforts by President Bush to line up support for the use of force against Iraq within the next month or two.