21.   Both resignations were accepted.

22.   After the security chief served notice Monday that the decision was final, Peres accepted the resignation.

23.   After Williams accepted the resignation, he learned that the administrator had not used the epithet.

24.   But he refused to accept her resignation.

25.   But his resignation was never accepted by the congress.

26.   But Lakas declined to accept his resignation and told him to resume negotiating.

27.   But if Major League Baseball accepts the resignations, it would then initiate the process of hiring replacement umpires.

28.   But since his resignation was never accepted by the Congress, he could still be a presidential contender.

29.   But that same day the league sent notices to nine umpires accepting their resignations.

30.   But the head of the local branch, a much older man, refused to accept his resignation, telling him that he was much too popular.