Example sentences of "arrest [prep] the [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Scores of Roman Catholics , Protestants , Buddhists and Muslims arrested in the past two years remain in detention .
2 On Oct. 23 it was reported that 40 people had been arrested in the previous 24 hours , and that some 250 arrests had been made in the previous two weeks , mostly of people said to be linked to the banned Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) .
3 The president said 18 APLA guerrillas had been arrested in the previous 24 hours .
4 Citing church sources , the Western media reported early in 1990 that 12 Roman Catholic bishops had been arrested in the previous few months , including Mgr Antoine Zhang Guangyi , 83 , who had already served 30 years in prison .
5 THE wife of miners ' leader Arthur Scargill was among six women arrested outside the Conservative Central Office in central London yesterday .
6 THE wife of miners ' leader Arthur Scargill was among six women arrested outside the Conservative Central Office in central London yesterday .
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