Sentence examples for refusals to drop from inspiring English sources

There were more bomb drops and refusals to drop bombs, and then Becky, everyone's favorite Apache pilot, swept in.

The DPP's refusal to drop its proposal led senior U.S. diplomat Thomas Christensen to abandon the U.S.'s policy of strategic ambiguity on the status of Taiwan by saying that the U.S. does "not recognize Taiwan as an independent state".

The president's refusal to drop his tax-cutting agenda when the nation was gearing up for war is perhaps the most shocking example of his inability to change his priorities in the face of drastically altered circumstances.

The refusal to drop pictures of bare-breasted women on Page 3 is likely to infuriate campaigners who have renewed calls to ban the practice since last year's Leveson inquiry into press ethics.

Brazil, by far the largest economy in Latin America, has been balking at any kind of sweeping plan because it objects to the United States' refusal to drop its own trade barriers on agricultural products.

Some Democrats in Washington and Hartford, though, note that there is lingering resentment among those who were angered by Mr. Lieberman's refusal to drop out of his Senate re-election race while running for vice president, a decision that would have cost Democrats control of the Senate had Mr. Gore become president.

When the iPhone first appeared on the scene, it was precisely the company's refusal to drop the keys that set it apart.

Those who praised her later as a Protestant heroine overlooked her refusal to drop all practices of Catholic origin from the Church of England.

"Scott Walker's refusal to drop his crusade for photo ID requirements is a slap in the face to Veterans, seniors and students," Burke Communications Director Joe Zepecki said in a statement emailed to The Huffington Post.

Activists clashed with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne on Monday over his refusal to drop a state lawsuit against community colleges offering in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants who qualify for deportation relief.

Hadep, for its part, would help itself if it were to drop its refusal to label the PKK as terrorists.