Fianna Fáil abandoned its previous refusal to take the Oath, dismissed it as an "empty formula", and entered the Dáil.

"Yesterday put a very different complexion on the issue," he added, denying that the announcement was a reversal of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's previous refusal.

The official reason given for Mr. Wei's release was medical, since the authorities needed to justify their previous refusal to let him go.

Cassi remembered Jacob's comment about borderline personalities being inconsistent, and she contrasted Bentworth's current behavior with his previous refusal to talk to her.

In August 2009, the New Zealand Supreme Court agreed to hear the matter, after four previous refusals to allow leave to appeal.

His ministers then announced the 4 August referendum would go forward, despite previous refusals of courts, political parties, and the independent electoral commission to carry out the election.

Indeed, I stand before you as a member of a government which reversed the previous refusal to discuss this issue with the European Parliament.

The mine was approved in 2007 despite 2,500 objections and previous refusal by Blyth Valley Council.

The Newsweek spokeswoman said the magazine's advertising review committee was reassessing its previous refusal of the Cigarrest ad, at the request of the publisher.