1.   Faubus had again thumbed his nose at the judiciary by refusing to appear.

2.   Judges who thumb their noses at presidents are thought to be good for democracy.

3.   So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone, he could thumb his nose at Cotton.

4.   The protestors were denigrating the primary symbol of the ordained ministry, they claimed, and thumbing their noses at the Church.

5.   Voters have thumbed their noses at it.

6.   Voters here have always been drawn to against-the-grain outsiders who make a career of thumbing their noses at party traditionalists.

7.   He has always thumbed his nose at the media.

8.   The murders of pro-Aristide politicians, a deliberate attempt to sabotage the return to democracy.

9.   Although a master of stealth, Collins thumbs his nose at the British by pedaling his bicycle through Dublin, politely nodding to the Tommies.

10.   And earlier this year the Taliban thumbed its nose at cultural importuning from around the world and blasted two enormous, ancient Buddha carvings to rubble.