11.   The Principal Examiner of the Patent Office rejected the application for a patent and the appeal against his decision was dismissed.

12.   The application was rejected on the grounds of triviality.

13.   It was realised that difficulty might ensue where a solicitor continued to practise after applying for a renewal only to have his application eventually rejected.

14.   If the application is rejected reasons must be given.

15.   Patients fear Hartington Road Family Health Clinic may still be under threat even though councillors rejected an application to turn it into a drug detoxification centre.

16.   Magistrates rejected an application for the press to be excluded from the hearing.

17.   That is likely to cost several thousand pounds, and the Scottish Legal Aid Board has already rejected his application to do that.

18.   American officials overseas have extensive authority to reject visa applications, particularly if security concerns are raised.

19.   And if their application is rejected, they will have divulged that they are in the country illegally to the agency responsible for deporting them.

20.   And he recently called on Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt to reject any applications to allow drilling in existing undeveloped federal oil leases off the coast.