Sentence examples for refusing to authorise from inspiring English sources

Gavin Williamson, the defence secretary, is refusing to authorise the £10 million upgrade to planes used by 32 Squadron, also known as the Queen's Flight.

He said he had pressed them to be more transparent and tried to put pressure on them by refusing to authorise loans, but the standoff ended when the Conservatives took power.

In June the IMF refused to authorise a planned loan of $475m.

When he left the firm acrimoniously in October 2008, he refused to authorise further payments of commission, amounting to £4.3 million.

He says Callcredit contacted NatWest twice, but on both occasions the bank refused to authorise the removal of the address.

And a week ago, Barcelona refused to authorise the unfurling of a banner that declared Catalonia Europe's next state.

In February the EU parliament refused to authorise further transfers of information to Washington until privacy concerns had been properly addressed by the US.

His widow (and executor), Valerie Eliot, refused to authorise any biographies; the poet's reputation became tarnished with accusations of anti-Semitism.

If May refuses to authorise cross-party talks – thus giving Brussels a reason to agree a delay – she has no alternative.

The security council refused to authorise a war, but Powell's accusations had made it clear the conflict was imminent anyway.

Vasili Arkhipov, the second-in-command, refused to authorise the use of nuclear weapons, and the vote to do so had to be unanimous.