31.   But the Global offer was dismissed by experts as irrelevant.

32.   Females have long been thought prone to it, though some experts now dismiss that as the bias of male researchers.

33.   Several Middle East experts dismissed the international conference as a bad idea.

34.   The deals had raised fears that the ships might be repaired and used, but defense experts have dismissed the concerns.

35.   But independent experts dismissed the claim and said there was massive tampering with the samples taken by Bre-X geologists.

36.   But other market experts dismiss such speculation as baseless.

37.   But other experts dismissed this theory, instead pointing to technical reasons for the rally.