1.   But also that day he sent a note to the Nawab, regretfully Declining the invitation.

2.   He declined their invitation.

3.   I must regretfully decline your invitation.

4.   The main opposition group, the Union for the Total Independence of Angola, however, declined its invitation.

5.   When Don Juan declined an invitation -- which was really a summons -- to go and meet Franco, the Caudillo broke off relations with him.

6.   Ian Wilson declined the invitation and is training with the City of Leeds club, including Olympic champion Adrian Moorhouse, in Florida.

7.   Although Gates declined the invitation, it alarmed arts and sciences fund-raisers.

8.   An ESPN spokesman said that Feinstein simply declined an invitation to be on the program.

9.   And Brett Hull declined an invitation to sit out a full-contact scrimmage.

10.   Arafat ultimately declined the invitation.