Sentence examples for recalcitrant act from inspiring English sources

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This is not the chest-beating, public declaration of protest as commonly understood, but a gently recalcitrant act against the confines of the daily grind.

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McQuaide says the answer to child labour in mica mining will not be found in company boycotts, audits or social projects, however well meaning, but instead in efforts that push recalcitrant governments to act.

Without that quid pro quo, the ECB simply takes the pressure off recalcitrant governments to act, much as they frittered away the time bought with Mr Draghi's pledge to "do whatever it takes" to save the euro.

In an area this small, with shared urban infrastructure and so many recalcitrant fanatics, terrorist acts on either side have to be considered the norm, not the anomaly.

PAGE A22 An Accord on the Patriot Act Four recalcitrant Senate Republicans say they have reached a deal with the White House on the antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act, and two Democrats said they would support the bill.

The police described Wham's act as "recalcitrant" in regard to organizing and participating in illegal public assemblies.

XNA must not be a recalcitrant chemical, but should act as food for natural organisms after its death/destruction.

Interestingly, these three species all share a common feature, as they are known to act on recalcitrant plant material (i.e. are coprophilic).

A14 Accord on Patriot Act Reached Four recalcitrant Senate Republicans said that they had reached agreement with the White House on the broad antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act, and two leading Democrats said they would now support the bill.

It was forced on a recalcitrant government by the countless acts of individual courage shown by those who stood up in their workplaces, families, in their kitchens, cafes, sporting clubs, for their dignity and freedom; it was made possible by organisation and a passion that transcended party loyalties, and could not finally be refused.

It would take a new election to turn a recalcitrant Congress into an enthusiastic one, passing the so-called "Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act," in April of 2005.

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