1.   Dobson Park previously has shunned the offer in light of an improvement in performance at its Longwall International Ltd. subsidiary, which makes equipment for the coal mining industry.

2.   No wonder Anderson shunned scholarship offers from Notre Dame, Tennessee and Nebraska.

3.   She shunned those offers.

4.   Shunning an offer from Baxter International for its National Medical unit, W.R. Grace arranged a complex deal with the German medical technology company, Fresenius.

5.   Sector Resources says it has also shunned an offer of protection from a paramilitary group.

6.   The prosecutors have repeatedly asked Berlusconi to discuss the investigation with them, but he has shunned their offers.

7.   The prosecutors have repeated asked Berlusconi to discuss the investigation with them, but he has shunned their offers.

8.   In June, Bush offered to talk to Pyongyang but until now the North had shunned the offer.

9.   Pant was appointed last year to hold dialogue with Kashmiri militant and separatist groups, but many of the outfits have shunned his offer.