noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
first refusal
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I’ll let you have first refusal on the car.
obstinate refusal
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an obstinate refusal to obey
point-blank refusal
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a point-blank refusal
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
flat
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There'd been a chorus of objection then and a flat refusal from Becky to stay with the younger children.
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In many cases where a request has been made, it has met with a flat refusal .
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She had not anticipated a flat refusal .
obstinate
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Ballater sensed obstinate refusal rather than a willingness to bargain.
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The obstinate refusal of many males to support gun control is not chiefly a product of conditioning by the weapons industry.
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A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.
stubborn
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Perhaps it was her stubborn refusal to see her family broken up that made Mrs Breen appealing to Farnham.
■ NOUN
rate
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Certainly, voluntary anonymised seroprevalence studies are discouraged because it is felt that even a 5% refusal rate may invalidate the results.
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The refusal rate has varied between 5% and 6%.
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Our concern is not the actual refusal rate but to ensure that families have choice on the basis of informed consent.
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A considerable inducement was offered, but the refusal rate was high.
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At that time the refusal rate by the coroners in our region was effectively zero.
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Results show that interviewers who have worked for over five years have lower refusal rates than more recent recruits.
■ VERB
accept
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This is because it is possible to dismiss fairly for a refusal to accept change.
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This attitude is linked to their refusal to accept that the prohibition of inhumane weapons applies to nuclear weapons.
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Fundamentalism is radically anti - catholic in its refusal to accept any form of priestly mediation.
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Specialist, separate services for dementia sufferers v Negative segregation, that is, the refusal to accept dementing people into a service.
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The gifts had become a pressure, an embarrassment, and her refusal to accept them had made him manipulative.
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The refusal to accept a marriage proposal was often interpreted as a statement of superiority.
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Margaret was in complete agreement with her husband's refusal to accept the bribe of a bishopric.
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These varied from outright refusal to accept the woman engineer, to a bantering jokiness.
acknowledge
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Their refusal to acknowledge the hitherto unfair rating of widows, widowers and single people.
allow
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It didn't come back with a refusal and allow us to discuss alternative ways of achieving our objective.
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The blank and sometimes insolent refusal to allow a quicker group through is another malpractice becoming more prevalent.
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Lord Lane accepted that the refusal to allow Alladice a lawyer was quite improper and a clear breach of section 58.
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So a blind obstinate energy kept her constant in her refusal to allow any eventuality to mar her Love Affair.
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But Mr Museveni's most dangerous failure is destined to be his refusal to allow opposition groups to organise.
answer
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A refusal to answer questions for example, could, in the absence of reasonable excuse, amount to contempt of court.
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In other cases we must be careful that questions will not result in refusals to answer .
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Actual refusals to answer questions are always, in practice, fewer than might be expected.
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Iago's refusal to answer that question puts him outside human society for ever.
consider
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But a blind refusal to consider alternatives is negatively based on fear, ignorance, deeply embedded convictions or insularity.
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This second refusal was considered by the Chamber in a heated session on the first of June.
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A defendant can combat an obstinate refusal even to consider compromise by a shrewd payment into court, or a Calderbank offer.
follow
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The shock move follows his refusal to speak at a trial on the fate of the banned Communist Party.
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The appeal follows the refusal of planning permission by this Council.
grant
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A right of first refusal was granted to former land and home owners when their expropriated property came on the market.
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The next question is whether such action is taken in relation to the grant or refusal to grant a further loan.
let
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Major's attachment to free market doctrine has been loosened by the public's refusal to let short-termism shut Britain's pits.
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She nodded her head slowly, as if she went along with his refusal to let her read it.
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It is less a question of efficiency or cleanliness than a refusal to let past and present blur together.
meet
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In many cases where a request has been made, it has met with a flat refusal .
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But he met with an invariable refusal .
pay
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Behind these arrears is evidence of a collective refusal to pay , which the bishop's officers could not overcome.
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Would his refusal to pay hurt him in further business dealings?
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Next term there will be a student campaign of refusal to pay tuition fees.
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Their judicial proclamations range from grandiloquent declarations of sovereign citizenship to lowly refusals to pay speeding tickets.
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Many of the people who try to file similar papers are driven by their refusal to pay taxes, Martin said.
point
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My Member of Parliament responded to my appeal by pointing out that their refusal is in line with the law.
recognise
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His argument seemed to be based fearlessly on the refusal to recognise what is already public knowledge about our plans.
sign
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It follows the film star's refusal to sign an agreement covering his twice-weekly meetings with the boy.
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Bonds irritates many writers because of his rudeness, and he turns off some fans with his refusal to sign autographs.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a flat refusal/denial etc
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In many cases where a request has been made, it has met with a flat refusal.
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One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically.
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She had not anticipated a flat refusal.
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There'd been a chorus of objection then and a flat refusal from Becky to stay with the younger children.
have/give sb first refusal on sth
stubborn resistance/refusal/determination etc
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After two-and-a-half years of stubborn resistance, the Republic collapsed rapidly during the first three months of 1939.
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As the family kept vigil, the children saw at close quarters the stubborn determination of their stepmother.
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However, Wainwright offered stubborn resistance, and responded with some hard hitting from the baseline to level the score at 6-6.
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Perhaps it was her stubborn refusal to see her family broken up that made Mrs Breen appealing to Farnham.
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There was no cheering on the part of the men, but a stubborn determination to obey orders and do their duty.
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What accounted for this stubborn resistance of nationalities to the predicted assimilation?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Refusal to do military service was a criminal offence.
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He was upset by her refusal .
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His request for a bigger room met with a blunt refusal .
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She must understand the consequences of her refusal to accept medical treatment.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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His argument seemed to be based fearlessly on the refusal to recognise what is already public knowledge about our plans.
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It is a restlessness, a refusal to longterm relationships, that has typified both his public and private life.
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Kelly Johnson was a curmudgeon, but he was revered at the Skunk Works for his refusal to compromise about airplanes.
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The great imperial Zanuck was not amused at Boyo Burton's refusal and tried to force his hand.
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There'd been a chorus of objection then and a flat refusal from Becky to stay with the younger children.
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There was an association between refusal and having a younger sibling.