21.   What dirty-minded editor is going to decline the opportunity to feature a nubile starlet in his magazine?

22.   Parra declined the opportunity to skate his race again at the end of the competition.

23.   Parra declined the opportunity of skating his race again at the end of the competition.

24.   A spokesman for Random House said Geffen has complained vigorously to the company and Bertelsmann about unspecified inaccuracies, but declined an opportunity to suggest corrections.

25.   Clarke did not mention him but pointedly declined an opportunity to endorse him.

26.   Gilbert declined an opportunity to address the judge.

27.   Har-Shefi, who wore a striped shirt and a khaki skirt and looked at the floor, declined the opportunity to address the court.

28.   In court, however, Nichols declined an opportunity to speak.

29.   Ponomariov declined an opportunity to trade rooks and force a draw.

30.   Sirivudh and some government officials have said he declined an opportunity shortly before his arrest to leave the country.