Sentence examples for refused the demand from inspiring English sources

Motient refused the demand earlier this month, prompting the lawsuit.

The appeal court's ruling was later overturned after the US refused the demand.

The Swiss drug giant Roche Holding refused the demand of a major shareholder that it sell its majority stake in Genentech Inc., the California biotechnology pioneer.

Until that time, he said, the armed forces would stay in control.He refused the demand by opposition activists that a civilian government should take over in the interim to supervise the coming election.

"I didn't expect an invite because as sports minister, I refused the demand of Formula One organizers for tax or customs exemption," said Ajay Maken, the sports minister, according to an article in The Hindustan Times on Sunday.

Mr. Issa refused the demand for subpoenas, but he agreed later in the day to a compromise of sending a formal "document request," along with Representative Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the panel, to seek records from 10 major lenders related to lending abuses involving service members.

Algerian officials refused the demands of Congolese President Joseph Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) for Tshombe's extradition to stand trial for treason.

He cited the deaths of Catholic martyrs at Tyburn, a notorious place of execution nearby, after they refused the demands of Henry VIII and his successors that they renounce the authority of Rome.

And even if there was bribery going on [at Fifa], why would the Americans only bring it up now, just after Fifa refused the demands of [US] senators to revoke Russia's right to host the champions?" Why indeed?

Pinckney relayed these demands to the other commissioners, and Hottinguer repeated them to the entire commission, which curtly refused the demands, even though it was widely known that diplomats from other nations had paid bribes to deal with Talleyrand.

The government -- which may or may not survive Dec. 5 national elections -- said it would refuse the demand of the Tamil rebel leader, Velupillai Prabhakaran, to lift the ban on his group, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, before peace talks could begin.