Sentence examples for they initially refused from inspiring English sources

They initially refused to board the plane to Brazil after a row over bonuses.

"They initially refused to believe that oil was being produced there," Fehlberg said.

House Republicans inadvertently helped him just before they recessed for the holidays when they initially refused to extend the payroll tax cut.

The GOP came close to closing down the federal government in 2011 when they initially refused to raise the debt ceiling.

But while Mr. Louima's injuries, including punctured internal organs and missing teeth, strongly suggested an attack, Mr. Mineo's medical condition was more murky: His lawyers said he had developed an abscess, but they initially refused to release his medical records.

Three times, he said, the pilots flew the airplane faster than the manufacturer's specifications allowed, but they initially refused to report this and have the plane inspected for damage.

The aim of this study is to explore physicians' use of pre-screening discussions and reasons why physicians would or would not try to persuade patients to be screened if they initially refuse testing.

A large proportion of them initially refused, because they lived far away from the local study centre (e.g., because they attended university in a different town).

They were initially refused planning permission, which they submitted in November 2006.

She said they had initially refused to give her a photograph of the man and it was only on the morning after the break-in that she wondered if the burglar was her stalker.

However, they were initially refused admission to the Aviva Premiership after concerns about their home ground, having decided to move from their home at Old Deer Park in Richmond to Oxford United's Kassam Stadium.