| General readers who have stayed this far will not be surprised that, in the face of such a blatant rebuff, the Reserve Bank did nothing. |
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| It might have helped if the person who fielded all our claims had been slightly less triumphant in the tone of her standard rebuff. |
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| In an ironic rebuff to communications technologies, the bill passed the Senate by unanimous, oral vote. |
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| It was an unexpected rebuff to the government, but the Blairites have only themselves to blame. |
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| As a rebuff to those who think today's teenagers are too narrow-minded, Umay's concerns are notably wide-ranging. |
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| King Abdullah of Jordan dealt a rebuff to President Bush on Monday, abruptly putting off his visit to Washington scheduled for later this week. |
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| Despite my polite rebuff, Adam returned to my cell door a week later and eagerly divulged his deplorable obsession. |
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| Only the united Balkan peoples can give a real rebuff to the shameless pretensions of tsarism and European imperialism. |
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| General Prevost now had enough troops to man the city's defenses adequately, and he sent a defiant rebuff to d'Estaing's demands for surrender. |
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| Despite suffering what must have been a hurtful rebuff for a young academic, she spoke of him in very respectful terms, characteristic of her usual grace. |
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| Or we simply learn how to artfully rebuff advances by subtly threatening to blow the whistle on despicable and degrading behavior. |
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| There are many people who in a noble pride hold themselves aloof from all that is low and rebuff it brusquely wherever it comes to meet them. |
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| By this means we can give a clear rebuff to those forces that are endeavouring to make xenophobic capital out of acts of terrorism. |
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| In the same way, when we vote tomorrow, we should give a clear rebuff to the idea of deleting essential parts of the Regulation. |
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| The attempts by some shortsighted commanders to confine themselves to training and to leave education to officers of educational structures have met with a resolute rebuff. |
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| This denial was an embarrassing rebuff for the Australian government. |
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| Even though the thugs are armed with knives and chains, Edward is able to rebuff them with witty repartee and by revealing that his chauffeur carries a gun. |
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| Not only did she rebuff his awkward advance in person, she went home and did some sleuthing. |
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| It is extraordinary that it should have been she, the adult of the pair, who collapsed at the very first obstacle they encountered — a parental rebuff that any grown person might have predicted. |
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| Protecting from phishing and spam attacks: Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Workstation is able to identify and disable the links to phishing sites at browser level and rebuff emails from phishers. |
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| Our numerous calls to open contacts with a view to discussing humanitarian and practical affairs have so far been met with a rebuff by the Greek Cypriot side. |
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| In his report to the Congress, FTUB President Vladimir Goncharik stressed that the unions were ready to fight for their independence and rebuff any encroachment by the state authorities. |
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| That way, you can rebuff, high-pressure sales tactics, come-ons and deals that are too good to be true. |
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| This is especially the case in the security sector, where all three states share a desire to consolidate their independence and rebuff any instability from the East. |
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| The rebuff was not received lightly by Wordsworth and the play was not published until 1842, after substantial revision. |
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| This is an opportunity that must be grasped to define a European social model that does not rebuff the aspirations of the population but that at the same time is less expensive. |
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| This is a stunning rebuff to the Commission. |
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| China's anger at this rebuff has contributed greatly to the worsening of relations between the two sides. Trouble abroad is not necessarily evidence of policy failure. |
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| The vote of confidence their respective electorates gave them is also a clear rebuff to the republican dissidents seeking to destabilise Northern Ireland through their renewed violent campaigns. |
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| A further rebuff by the court of appeal in July 2013 meant the prospect of a showdown at the Supreme Court. |
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| For example, PRC chief Petrichenko pulled back after his proposed call to enfranchise all socialist parties was met with an angry rebuff from sailors at a March 1 meeting preceding the Anchor Square rally. |
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| Ethnic leaders therefore resort to this type of literature aiming to counterattack, responding to literature with literature, using the written word to rebuff and stifle plots hatched by the common enemy. |
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| Well, after that rebuff, you can just imagine how I felt. |
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| His rebuff to the US initiative in Nairobi came as a disappointment to us all, especially as no less a personality than Deputy-Secretary Zoellick was directly involved. |
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| Yesterday, Commission President-designate Barroso received a rebuff. |
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| What follows is a painful comedy of errors. Almost from her arrival she is pursued by a bellhop who interprets her every rebuff as a coy invitation. |
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| Likewise with the Executive Department, Edwin Corwin observed that the Court does sometimes rebuff presidential pretensions, but it more often tries to rationalize them. |
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