1.   One or other of them drafted a statement which was a flat denial that he had misbehaved either sexually or politically.

2.   The Foreign Ministry has issued a flat denial of any involvement.

3.   She issued a flat denial of the charges made against her.

4.   Asked whether the reputation of the Senate was harmed when a Republican governor could not get a confirmation hearing, Lott issued a flat denial.

5.   Both Patterson and Seaga offered flat denials, which were later ridiculed on local radio talk shows and in newspapers.

6.   But it was the first time that the subject of amputations and mutilations was not met by flat denials by Sankoh or his commanders.

7.   Eventually, Stone detailed the circumstantial case in a letter to Morrison, which prompted a flat denial and abruptly ended the dialogue.

8.   In the courtroom, the defense lawyers have met such allegations with flat denials and differing explanations of what the complex financial records prove.

9.   They received mostly flat denials or no answers at all.

10.   Williams is expected to stand by her flat denial.