Sentence examples for refuse an inquiry from inspiring English sources

Home secretary Theresa May's decision to refuse an inquiry was partly motivated by a fear of offending Russia, she acknowledged.

"However this has not been a decisive factor and it if had stood alone would not have led the Government to refuse an inquiry".

"However, this has not been a decisive factor and, if it had stood alone, would not have led the government to refuse an inquiry".

Speaking to reporters in Downing Street, Mandelson said it was "not acceptable" for the House of Lords appointments commission to refuse an inquiry on the grounds that it had not existed when Ashcroft became a peer.

Yet the government refuses an inquiry into those final days.

Cooper has also asked Rudd what evidence the Home Office relied on before refusing an inquiry into Orgreave.

Fear of alienating Russia was a factor in the government's decision to refuse a public inquiry into the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the home secretary, Theresa May, has admitted.

"There was no criminal trial in Britain and Enoch Powell (health minister between 1960 and 1963) flatly refused a public inquiry," Johnson said.

The Tricycle Theatre states its motivation on its Web site: "The Government has so far refused a Public Inquiry into the riots that shook our cities this Summer, so the Tricycle is mounting its own".

Kenya's president, Mwai Kibaki, who won the election by a razor-thin margin, has refused such an inquiry.

But diplomats said Israeli military officials flatly refused any inquiry that would subject Israeli troops and commanders to questioning.