Sentence examples for than refusing from inspiring English sources

The licensing rules encourage councils to put conditions on licences, rather than refusing to grant them.

But none may be more significant than refusing to accept the fact that the West's water resources are interconnected.

Failure to do so was a form of social suicide worse even than refusing to drink alcohol.

After all, there is no cheaper form of government intervention than refusing to intervene at all, even to enforce a deal.

Trust your team to make the best decisions for the people they're serving, rather than refusing new requests and citing company policy with an unapologetic shrug.

Labor and the Greens have repeatedly called on the government to be open with the public, rather than refusing to confirm or deny claims about "on-water" matters.

At the time, as a kid, he can do little more than refuse to go along.

Far more parents delay vaccines, or chose an alternative schedule, than refuse them entirely on behalf of their children.

So in the last decade, Levi's changed its tune — rather than refuse to budge from its classic 501s.

A directive to prosecutors from Deputy Attorney General Larry D. Thompson suggested that companies should pressure senior employees to testify rather than refuse to answer on Fifth Amendment grounds.

Rather than refuse it, they have tended to pocket the fees while drawing up contracts designed to limit their own legal liability if trouble hits.