1.   Although he and his entourage were sighted by reporters, Chinese Foreign Ministry officials professed ignorance of his presence until Saturday, when he left China.

2.   As game wardens tell it, the fellow in the bloodied flannel, a passenger in the truck, professed ignorance about the illegally killed moose.

3.   A wealthy merchant opens up his lakeside home for a Southern-style barbecue, brazenly professing his ignorance of Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.

4.   Business schools and law schools routinely furnish the information on first or second request but PhD programs profess ignorance.

5.   But Disney spokesmen profess ignorance of the whole thing.

6.   But when asked how disturbing the discord was to him, Colarossi professed ignorance.

7.   Naturally, Arrington professed ignorance over the controversy.

8.   She would discuss the investigation only off the record, and only then to express bewilderment at the charges and to profess ignorance on the progress of the inquiry.

9.   There may be times, on the other hand, not only to profess ignorance but to endorse it.

10.   Told that Artos was advertising his name so prominently, Tihany professed ignorance of the plug and dismissed it.