1.   On the other hand the British government declined to share information on its civil nuclear programme given the high hopes which were then placed in its commercial potential.

2.   Both governments have declined to comment on the issue.

3.   After an extensive two-year investigation, the federal government declined to prosecute Horiuchi.

4.   After an investigation, however, the government declined to take over the case.

5.   Britain, France and Germany, which now provide the core of the Kabul force, could do the same countrywide, but their governments decline to participate.

6.   But the government declined to say on Friday what country he had been trying to spy for or whether he had ever been successful.

7.   But this hope was balanced by new tensions earlier this evening when some negotiators apparently quit, saying the government had declined to engage in a serious dialogue.

8.   He would make the European Convention on Human Rights part of British domestic law, which the Conservative government has declined to do.

9.   In announcing the bailout plan, the government declined to take action against anyone responsible for the problem.

10.   In announcing the publicly assisted bailout plan last month, the government declined to take action against anyone responsible for the problem.