Sentence examples for refusing to accede from inspiring English sources

(At the G-8 summit this summer, the President embarrassed British Prime Minister Tony Blair by refusing to accede even to minor modifications in this position).

After World War I Fritz Thyssen was arrested for refusing to accede to the demands of French authorities occupying the Ruhr.

For Bolt, Thomas More, refusing to accede to the king's break with the Catholic church, was the conscience-struck hero and Thomas Cromwell a power-hungry skulker.

Mr. Blair, by refusing to accede to the protesters' demands to cut fuel taxes, has increasingly become the target of the protesters, and tonight he upped the stakes by angrily denouncing the demonstrations.

And an irate lawyer from Suffolk has just persuaded a publisher to issue a whole book on the iniquity of refusing to accede to the demands of the people of Sudbury (Betraying the NHS, by Michael Mandelstam).

The attacks were apparently meant to punish Ms. Hanover for refusing to accede to her husband's request in court last Friday to impose a gag order on the proceedings.

He refused to accede to their wishes.

As Mr. Comey recounted, Mr. Ashcroft refused to accede to Mr. Gonzales's plea.

In the first it declared itself unable to accept the Polish version of the incident and refused to accede to the requests of the Polish Commissioner-General.

The Israeli PM says that for many years Hamas refused to accede to these demands but the Israelis stood firm.

The Russians have already refused to accede to UK extradition requests, but May said she would demand a response.