Sentence examples for strict refusal from inspiring English sources

What also remains a thing of wonder is Bud Greenspan's strict refusal to acknowledge Olympic perfidy.

An Atkins dieter is thus on a low-calorie diet in which no willpower is involved beyond a strict refusal to consume carbohydrates.The reason why a high protein intake causes this feeling of fullness was, however, unknown.

Yet, if De Struise is growing, what lifts the desirability of the monks' Westvleteren 12 is their strict refusal to increase production beyond the roughly 130,000 gallons they have maintained for more than 60 years, or to supply stores and pubs in the region for sale.

The Jackson 5's sales, however, began declining in 1973, and the band members chafed under Motown's strict refusal to allow them creative control or input.

And so the gleefulness of that is just a strict refusal to conform to a perfect stereotype of young female goodness".

Bell was criticized as being too strict with his refusal to let sold-out games to be televised locally.

Mr. Ravitch said in an interview that he favored stricter review of spousal refusal cases, with some discretion built into the system to account, for instance, for cases in which the healthy spouse "has a very long life expectancy and didn't have the resources to take care of their own health for the remainder of their lives".

This was largely due to his refusal to accept the strict Ximenean straitjacket conceived by AF Ritchie (Afrit in the Listener) and codified by DS Macnutt (Ximenes of the Observer), assisted by Alec Robins (Custos of the Guardian).

The move to Hafeld coincided with the onset of intense father-son conflicts caused by Hitler's refusal to conform to the strict discipline of his school.

The briefs on the individual-rights side of this case, District of Columbia v. Heller, No. 07-290, argue for applying strict scrutiny, and it is Mr. Clement's refusal to embrace that standard that has caused such consternation.

Obama made it clear that the cynical actions of so many politicians — their refusal to cross the N.R.A. and enact strict gun laws, their unwillingness to combat racism in any way that puts votes at risk — have bloody consequences.