Sentence examples for refusing to ratify from inspiring English sources

After signing on to the Compact in 1922, Arizona backed away, refusing to ratify the deal and eventually dispatching its troops to prove a point.

By refusing to ratify the treaty, Mrs. Clinton said, the United States could fail to exploit untapped oil and gas deposits buried beneath the offshore seabed.

By refusing to ratify the nuclear test ban treaty 15 months ago, the Republican-led Senate set back American efforts to discourage additional countries from developing nuclear weapons.

Backing for the treaty is weighted, and with Washington still refusing to ratify it, the pact needs Russian approval to be enacted.

Howard for example famously supported the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq, and followed Bush's lead by refusing to ratify the Kyoto protocol.

But everyone agrees that the dispute has aggravated tensions that have been simmering since President Bush angered his European colleagues last year by refusing to ratify an international treaty aimed at preventing global warming.

But Beijing refused to ratify the treaty.

They refused to ratify his appointments.

(The United States refused to ratify the agreement).

In practice, MPs have only two choices: to ratify or refuse to ratify.

Those who refuse to ratify will find many chemicals hard to buy.