1 He was dismissed for inattention to his duty.

2 These arguments were dismissed as irrelevant.

3 His writing has been dismissed as mere intellectual posturing.

4 He was dismissed from his job.

5 The minister was dismissed from his office in disgrace.

6 Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks.

7 The firm reinstated the man who was wrongly dismissed.

8 Our boss has been dismissed.

9 I dismissed the carriage and walked the last mile.

10 The teacher dismissed the class early.

11 He was dismissed for neglect of his duty.

12 The road toll scheme was dismissed as impractical.

13 The employee was dismissed as incompetent.

14 He was dismissed from school.

15 He dismissed her suggestion out of hand.

16 He dismissed them with a curt nod.

17 He dismissed the opinion polls as worthless.

18 The duchess dismissed the servant .

19 He was summarily dismissed from his job.

20 The official was dismissed for neglect of his duty.

21 One suspects he was dismissed for political reasons.

22 Mr Wakeham dismissed the reports as speculation.

23 The manager rated him soundly and then dismissed him.

24 He was dismissed for neglecting his duty.

25 He dismissed the Senator's comments as ' political posturing '.

26 He dismissed recent rumours about his private life as fictitious.

27 The government has dismissed criticisms that the country's health policy is a mess.

28 Ministers have dismissed the rumours of a bribery scandal as nonsense.

29 She was late again and was dismissed from her job.

30 What makes it so extraordinary is that the experts had all dismissed her theories as rubbish.