Sentence examples for refusal to adopt from inspiring English sources

Connecticut's refusal to adopt Washington's one-size-fits-all model is a distinct plus.

The groups said that President Obama's refusal to adopt the new standard was illegal and left in place an inadequate air quality rule from the Bush administration.

Its refusal to adopt a single point of view may be conceptually ambitious, but it keeps the drama unfocussed, and slightly off balance.

Despite its long ambivalence toward European integration and its refusal to adopt the euro, Britain has usually demanded a seat at Europe's top table.

The Chinese government seems baffled by the hermit kingdom's refusal to adopt their own, prosperous path of economic reform and opening.

And labor leaders are unhappy over what they see as the White House's coziness with Wall Street and the president's refusal to adopt a protectionist agenda.

Some of the tensions arose over questions of structure of church organization, some arose over refusals to adopt an authoritative creedal statement, some were created by converts among new immigrants, and some were the product of dissatisfaction with the affiliation of the American Baptist Convention with interdenominational and ecumenical bodies.

We decided to adopt a psychoeducational approach because of her refusal to take drugs.

After the Danes' refusal last September to adopt Europe's single currency, the Swedes are unlikely to seek to join it soon, though Mr Persson has ended his years of hesitation by saying he is in favour of doing so in principle".The most important thing for me is that our presidency is regarded as professional and that we are seen as a competent player in the EU," says Mr Persson.

His struggle with the government saw him denied South African citizenship until 1972, while his refusal to take a Greek passport, for fear he would be barred from returning to his adopted home, left him stranded.

Why this refusal to follow through?