For example, United States president George Bush generated controversy by his consistent refusal to sign the Kyoto Treaty saying that "Kyoto would have wrecked our economy.
The minimum reasons should be nothing less grave than proved moral turpitude or a consistent refusal to support party measures.
To kowtow to Chinese bullying would be to repeat the mistakes of the Bush Administration, which squandered American influence by its consistent refusal to press human rights issues.
That she is not better known to a wider public may well have to do with her consistent refusal to think up branding strategies or commit gestures of lyric sensationalism.
And like Mortimer himself he combined a deep respect for the English legal system with a consistent refusal to accept a Crown prosecution.
One of the things that had most infuriated him during the Nardelli reign was the company's consistent refusal to meet with his group.
This manifested itself in the early IWW's consistent refusal to sign contracts, which they felt would restrict workers' abilities to aid each other when called upon.
Politicians' consistent refusal to recognise the fractures and strains placed on communities by mass immigration has led to the voter on the street becoming more disillusioned than ever.
The consistent refusal of county and state courts to act on any of the common-law-court directives has discouraged prospective supporters, Mr. Prahl said in a two-hour interview early this month.
Charlemagne supported the Western church's consistent refusal to follow iconoclasm; the Libri Carolini sets out the position of his court circle, no doubt under his direction.