Sentence examples for wouldn't cede from inspiring English sources

After all that agonising over whether or not we should stay in the European Union, the government wouldn't cede our sovereignty to some shadowy, undemocratic body without consulting us.

If I wouldn't cede control of the Wall to the other side, then how can I tell a Hebron settler that he must give up his claim to the Cave of Machpela?

But Justice Breyer would not cede the point, describing from the bench the way that he himself would arbitrate the case quickly and cheaply.

Mr. Barak, whose standing in new public opinion polls fell to a low in Israel today, has said in recent days that he would not cede sovereignty.

These counties tend to vote for Democratic candidates, but Mr. Franks said he would not cede the Hispanic votes to Mr. Corzine.

Mr. Holbrooke, he goes on, "would not cede ground to the White House, not when he thought those who wanted to wrest control of Afghanistan were out of their depth and not up to the job".

WASHINGTON — President Laurent Gbagbo vowed Friday that he would not cede power in Ivory Coast, while Obama administration officials warned that he was running out of time to accept an offer they had made to help him leave the country peacefully.

Mr. Schundler appealed not only to moderate Republicans but to Democrats and independents, and signaled he would not cede to Mr. McGreevey the inner-city votes that are the Democratic party's base.

He said that if the Port Authority, an agency formed by New York and New Jersey in 1921, would not cede its airport policing duties, the city might file a lawsuit to gain control of them.

All this has not gone unnoticed by Dr. Dean, who made clear that he would not cede these states to these competitors as he tried to nail down potentially decisive wins in Iowa and New Hampshire.

But Mr. Kerry would not cede an inch on the issue, telling a crowd in Philadelphia Tuesday evening, "I will and I can fight a more effective war on terror than President Bush is".