Sentence examples for refuse on the ground from inspiring English sources

You would refuse on the ground you stated? A. Yes.

I refuse, on the ground that I have no white flannels.

Of course he had to refuse on the grounds that the animal had no soul.

Attempting to refuse on the grounds that his music is currently banned in Russia, Shostakovich finds himself instantly rehabilitated.

"In those sorts of situations, as much as you want to refuse on the grounds that the job is humiliating or just plain ridiculous, your brain tells you: 'the client is king'.

In some cases say, a CRUT set up for a child a trustee might refuse, on the grounds the parent who set up the trust wanted the big-spender kid to get annual payments and not a lump sum.

Fact: In Alabama HB24 is on the legislative table which would allow adoption agencies and foster care facilities to refuse, on the grounds of religious objections, to place kids in certain homes - read between the lines - gay or lesbian homes.

The following quote is typical in that it highlights the client's payment for pleasure and the FSW's in ability to refuse on the grounds of unsafe sex: 'I asked him (client) to use a condom.

If a court ordered me to remove a feeding tube in a patient that I do not feel is in distress, I might refuse on the grounds of personal moral values.

Again the World Bank was asked to help, but refused on the ground that the scheme was too costly and unnecessary.

When China refused on the ground that this was counter to Korean independence, a clash seemed inevitable.