Sentence examples for while declining to serve from inspiring English sources

Today, Judge Garzón is the legal director at Wikileaks who, while "declining to serve officially as his lawyer...has nevertheless helped to shape his plans for the future".

Is there any precedent in history for an elite that has been so successful in influencing the government toward assertive military policies while largely declining to serve in combat forces themselves?

Is anyone else leaving or declining to serve? A. Every day we have C.E.O.'s declining to join boards.

But, so far, the overwhelming majority of Republicans are declining to serve as Trump watchdogs.

The priest declined to serve him Communion.

It's one thing to decline to serve.

Marshall also declined to serve on any corporate boards. .

However, Lloyd George declined to serve in Churchill's government.

(President Trump also declined to serve in Vietnam because his feet hurt).

He was also elected to the Continental Congress in 1781, but declined to serve.

UPDATE: The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports that Bennet has declined to serve as DSCC chair.