1.   The federal parliament also cocked a snook at the United Nations administration in Kosovo.

2.   He has always tried to cock a snook at authority.

3.   Tom Keating spent a lifetime cocking a snook at the art world.

4.   He is not cocking a snook at the authorities, he is putting his passengers at risk and that is a very serious matter.

5.   It can afford to cock a snook at Brussels out of the courage of its policy convictions.

6.   He now enjoys cocking a snook at the follies of the profession, particularly the pedantry and jargon it could do without.