Sentence examples for refusal that from inspiring English sources

An embargo should be placed on any airline that refuses to cooperate -- a refusal that could put American citizens and institutions in life-threatening jeopardy.

Until this week, Antonis Samaras, the leader of New Democracy, had refused to support the European bailout — a refusal that made Papandreou so angry he decided to try and outflank Samaras by calling a referendum.

For most of their lives together, they refused to speak to anyone but each other — a refusal that led to their emotional exile, their institutionalization, and, eventually, to the misguided appropriation of their story by activists and theorists who used it to pose questions about the nature of identity and the strange birthright that twins are forced to bear.

For most of their lives together, they refused to speak to anyone but each other — a refusal that led to their emotional exile, their institutionalization, and, eventually, to the misguided appropriation of their story by activists and theorists who used it to pose questions about the nature of identity and the strange birthright that twins are forced to bear.

After steadfastly refusing to leave the presidential palace despite losing an election four months ago — a refusal that has led to hundreds of deaths, international condemnation and sanctions, the financial collapse of what had been West Africa's economic star and the country's being plunged back into civil war — Mr. Gbagbo faced the gravest threat yet to his rule.

Even if some of those refused to back their leader, Mr. Bruno, in a tax increase -- a refusal that is rare -- many in the chamber said it would not be difficult to get three or more Democrats to join with them and reach the necessary 41 votes to override a veto.

The prevalence ratio between refusers and non-refusers of PMTCT testing and the percent bias due to refusals that would be introduced if ANC surveillance were based on routine PMTCT tests instead of ELISA test results were also calculated.

"It was just, 'I'm sorry, I can't,' " Ms. Feinstein, Democrat of California, recalled of the refusals that kept coming.

In that context we might rethink our outrage over the Copenhagen Zoo's refusal of offers from others willing to take Marius, refusals that may have been based on compassion.

"Indeed, it is the rise of such refusals that lends urgency to the need to investigate the safety of our current childhood vaccine program," the lawmakers said.

should the Greek government sell shares by the end of this year, and has the first right of refusal beyond that.