Sentence examples for refusal to abandon from inspiring English sources

Most of the sanctions have been imposed over the North's refusal to abandon its nuclear programs.

As the evidence continues to accumulate, the government's refusal to abandon austerity looks increasingly irrational.

But today, he called Mr. Lieberman's refusal to abandon his Senate campaign "absolutely the right decision".

Ibuka, we learn, almost bankrupted the company through his stubborn refusal to abandon an unworkable technology for color television.

Today's installment in my continuing series on the folly of America's refusal to abandon the death penalty comes courtesy of an article by Adam Liptak in The Times.

Francyne Teisch Hillsborough, Calif., March 27, 2010 To the Editor: Why do critics seem mystified by Israel's persistent, decades-old refusal to abandon expanding settlements?

She added: "This is not about the truth-seeking process; this is about a prosecutor and judge... punishing Ms. Lindecrantz for refusing to abandon her faith-based refusal to testify for the prosecution seeking to kill her fellow human being".

China belatedly granted overflight rights to three European balloonists, a day after its refusal forced them to abandon their effort to circle the globe.

Such a result could have led to a multitude of unintended consequences, including a refusal by Assad to abandon the use of chemical weapons.

The threat to US interests has been compounded by the refusal of the Iranians to abandon their nuclear programme.

In fact, as America's envoy was emphatically told over his dish of spicy lentils, it is partly a consequence of the country's abiding affliction: the refusal of Pakistani generals to abandon a national-security policy that they have presumed to dictate, with disastrous consequences for Pakistan and its region, for six decades.