1.   He was unable to attend the meeting in Moscow, because the Russian authorities had refused him a visa.

2.   The authorities have refused to grant him a visa to visit the US.

3.   When the authorities refused, the crowd sacked city hall.

4.   The authorities refused to extradite him.

5.   During these discussions the strikers focused their political demands on the issue of party cells, but the authorities refused to convene an emergency Supreme Soviet session.

6.   The content or subject of an advertisement is not relevant, and a local authority cannot refuse express consent on grounds of morality, offensiveness or taste.

7.   But now the health authority has refused the money, the handouts will stop.

8.   Scared local authorities refused to accept her body for burial.

9.   The prison authorities are refusing to name the man.