11.   He rejects theories that the ship fell victim to faulty steel or weak rivets.

12.   He rejected the theory that the plane was brought down by a missile, friendly or otherwise.

13.   Homeowner activists reject such theories.

14.   His emphasis on hard research was not intended to reject theory but to strengthen it.

15.   However, Hardy says, courts in many states have rejected the theory because it could penalize companies not liable for a particular problem.

16.   If the Supreme Court rejects that theory it would dramatically limit the power of the SEC and the Justice Department to prosecute persons who are not truly corporate insiders.

17.   Most people here were pleased that the jury rejected that theory.

18.   Mrs. Coleman rejects the theory that she and other ailing soldiers may be suffering from the physical aftereffects of wartime stress, a phenomenon common after other wars.

19.   Rather than reject mainstream theory, behaviorists embrace its emphasis on rational, self-interested behavior.

20.   Scotland Yard rejects the theory that well-oiled gangs are stealing art on demand for crooked collectors or in order to launder dirty money.