Sentence examples for refusing to harvest from inspiring English sources

Max isn't a bad guy, but he is a terrible farmer, losing his wheat crop to a storm after refusing to harvest on the Sabbath.

The second-biggest industry is sugar cultivation, but with the European Union taking steps to boycott Fijian sugar and farmers refusing to harvest cane to protest the attempted coup, the Fiji Sugar Corporation also has said it may soon lay off 3,000 workers.

He claimed that militants had killed a dozen doctors in the captive Iraqi city of Mosul for refusing to harvest organs, and called on the Security Council to look at bodies recovered from mass shallow graves that had been found with deep surgical cuts and missing organs.

Those who resisted — for instance, by slaughtering livestock or by refusing to plant or harvest grain — were ruthlessly crushed.

Others are tortured, beaten or buried alive for declaring realistic harvests, refusing to hand over what little food they have, stealing scraps or simply angering officials.

"In refusing to stick to the script for candidates looking to harvest votes in February's Iowa caucuses, Mr. Pawlenty has passed an early test of fortitude".

Tenakee Logging prides itself on harvesting local lumber, and refusing to clearcut.

He angered British farmers by refusing to reinstitute the Corn Laws in response to poor harvests and cheap American grain.

But Gov. Paul R. LePage, a Republican, is refusing to spend about $11 million unless his plan to increase timber harvesting on state-owned lands is approved.

Poppy prices that are 10 times higher than those for wheat have so warped the local economy that some farmhands refused to take jobs harvesting legal crops this year, local farmers said.

Less skilled would-be immigrants, however, are often subject to tighter restrictions – even in nations where native citizens refuse to take on harvesting, construction, cleaning or other difficult tasks.