What about Palestinian refusal to countenance a Jewish state?
In his refusal to countenance failure there, Mr Bush seems to have understood this imperative.
Mr Straw had come to believe that the refusal to countenance a referendum was turning into a serious problem.
He has a reputation for honesty and an unbending refusal to countenance corruption or pork-barrel politics.
Whatever the truth, his bloody-minded refusal to countenance that Zeppelin reunion continues to yield beguiling new directions.
Many Tories of her background hated Mr Cameron for his refusal to countenance a revival of grammars.
Many of May's stubborn red lines, such as a refusal to countenance any role for the ECJ, were in tatters.
Their refusal to countenance any kind of statutory change to raise standards is no longer acceptable to the Conservative party".
To be blunt: did her father's refusal to countenance her chosen career play a part in her mental breakdown?
The fans' refusal to countenance the move has brought their club back, making Friday night a resounding, floodlit, people's victory.
The most important, currently shared with Cameron, is the refusal to countenance British troops on the ground.
