Sentence examples for refusing to contribute from inspiring English sources

Some of the east Europeans, led by Poland, which balked at being asked to pay up, are refusing to contribute and Fredrik Reinfeldt, the Swedish prime minister, admitted that European contributions to the fund would be "voluntary", meaning they may not be made at all.

Many of the officers later said they had been fired for refusing to contribute to the Democratic governor.

White House officials remind their French counterparts that the relationship is seriously damaged and that they are sorely disappointed that France is refusing to contribute to Iraq's reconstruction.

Refusing to contribute money, demanding refunds of previous gifts, the protesters meant to deny WAMU its goal of raising $1 million.

Britain is currently refusing to contribute to a planned new bail-out fund for the euro zone, the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).

London has punched a big hole in the coalition's commitment to free personal care for the elderly by refusing to contribute the £23m in attendance allowance on which the review group relied when making its calculations.

If a 'ride' costs £10 and I contribute only 50p, my ride is not literally free but, nevertheless, by shirking part of the necessary contribution I may be committing an injustice – as are those who refuse to contribute what is necessary to maintain the institution of research, even if they have paid something towards it in some form.

Britain refused to contribute, on those grounds.

Personally, I refuse to contribute to the military divorce rate.

Partly for that reason, Mr. Gutierrez initially refused to contribute to Mr. Poindexter's book.

And we can more than match whatever the CEOs and billionaires refuse to contribute.