continued refusal
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinuedandrefusal
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continued
adjective[before noun]
uk/kənˈtɪn.juːd/us/kənˈtɪn.juːd/
still happening, existing, ...
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refusal
noun[C or U]
uk/rɪˈfjuː.zəl/us/rɪˈfjuː.zəl/
the act of refusing to do or ...
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(Definition ofcontinuedandrefusalfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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William'scontinuedrefusalto provide out-of-hours services to his registered patients.
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He did so, but was refused because of hiscontinuedrefusalto enter a rehabilitation centre.
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It believes that hiscontinuedrefusalstrengthens the impression that he is unsure of his ground in relation to this matter.
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However, thecontinuedrefusalcannot but suggest that there is something to hide.
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It provides for daily penalties to be imposed forcontinuedrefusalor failure to comply with a direction after being convicted of the offence.
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What conceivable purpose can now be served by acontinuedrefusalto publish the report?
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Hiscontinuedrefusalto have such a debate can only be taken as meaning that he is not interested in the establishment of world peace.
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William'scontinuedrefusalto provide out-of-hours services to his registered patients.
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But that is being endangered by thecontinuedrefusalof the minority to do justice to the majority.
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There is no indication in that letter that they had given any reason for theircontinuedrefusal.
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What message is being sent in my own country by thecontinuedrefusalto listen to the people whose interests we are elected to serve?
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Theircontinuedrefusalto do so may needlessly delay the achievement of full self-government.
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