Example sentences of "leader of the [adj] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.

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1 According to Mustafa Dzhemilev , leader of the Crimean Tatars ' Majlis , 600 members of the local militia on Oct. 1 forced their way into the Krasnyy Ray settlement near Alushta ( where returning Tatars had started work independently on the construction of a camp after waiting in vain for local authorities to allocate land for the purpose ) , injuring several residents and arresting 26 .
2 The leader of the European Parliament 's observer mission , Henry Savy , told El País that there had indeed been " enormous difficulties for the population to participate " in the poll .
3 As leader of the Liberal Democrats ' largest and wealthiest faction , Mr Takeshita wields enormous clout .
4 However , Ahmed Dogan , leader of the ethnic Turks ' Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( MRF — whose support gave the UDF a working majority in parliament ) said that Zhelev 's statement was " objective " .
5 Other candidates to enter the race subsequently were Savka Dabcevic-Kucar , leader of the Croatian People 's Party ( HNS ) , Dobroslav Paraga , leader of the ultra-rightist Croatian Party of Rights ( HSP ) , Silvije Degen , Anton Vujic and Marko Veselica .
6 Mohamed Moada , leader of the small opposition Mouvement des démocrates socialistes ( MDS ) , commented in relation to the triumph of Islamic fundamentalists in the Algerian elections on June 12 [ see p. 37549 ] that " if we do not solve the Islamic problem , the political process will remain at an impasse " .
7 Arnaldo Ferreira , a local leader of the Rural Workers ' Union in Eldorado do Carajas , Amazonia , was shot dead as he slept , four days after the discovery of Vinha 's body .
8 While the new president , Algirdas Brazauskas , was leader of the Baltic state 's Communist party , it was also he who led the split with the central authorities in Moscow in 1989 and supported the country 's moves to independence .
9 The strategy which he argues for in the early nineteen thirties , and it subsequently becomes the dominant strategy of the Party and Mao becomes the er recognized leader of the Communist Party er really at the beginning of the second half of the nineteen thirties , nineteen thirty five nineteen thirty six , around that time it has become the dominant position .
10 I 'm glad you brought in the subject of , the leader of the Labour Council er in which means I am not deviating , and saying that Mister and saying that Mister is now running a moderate Council .
11 Provisional results from the general election on April 29 indicated that Sir Dawda Jawara , leader of the Progressive People 's Party ( PPP ) , had secured at least 60 per cent of votes cast in the presidential poll ; in the elections to the 36-member House of Representatives , with the results from eight seats still to be counted , the PPP had won 20 seats , the National Convention Party five , the Gambia People 's Party one , and independent candidates two .
12 Hun Sen , the current prime minister and leader of the Cambodian People 's Party , wound up his campaign in Phnom Penh this week by urging his rain-soaked audience of around 10,000 not to be inhibited about shouting their approval of his speech .
13 They were charged with the murder of Francisco " Chico " Mendes Filho , the leader of the rubber tapper 's union and environmental campaigner , on Dec. 22 , 1988 [ see p. 36459 ] .
14 It 's high time , it 's high time the leader of the Conservative Party le learnt to recognise that the Lord Mayor was on his feet and should sit down
15 Two members drawn from the rank and file of the Congress of People 's Deputies were Kauls , a highly successful agricultural manager from Latvia , and Yarin , a metalworker from the Urals and a leader of the United Workers ' Front , an unofficial blue-collar organization set up in mid-1989 [ see p. 36898 ] .
16 Mr Lee , 66 , leader of the ruling People 's Action Party , has held the office since 1959 when Singapore became a self-governing state .
17 Michael Manley , who had resigned as Prime Minister for health reasons in March and had also been replaced as leader of the ruling People 's National Party ( PNP ) [ see p. 38808 ] , gave up his parliamentary seat in mid-April .
18 The only hope for firm government , willing to defend the Republic by confronting rightist subversion , vigorously prosecuting reform , yet allaying fears of social revolution , lay with Azaña , elevated to the Presidency of the Republic in May , and Prieto , the shrewd and combative leader of the Socialist Party 's moderate wing .
19 EVER since Neil Adams retired , Densign White has been the spokesman and leader of the British men 's judo squad .
20 In what was seen as a crucial breakthrough for efforts to avert massive famine in the Horn of Africa [ see p. 37845 ] the World Food Programme announced on Dec. 18 that it had secured the definite agreement of the Ethiopian government and leaders of the Eritrean People 's Liberation Front ( EPLF ) guerillas to open the Red Sea port of Massawa , closed to shipping since its capture by the EPLF in February .
21 UDF leaders entered into negotiations with leaders of the ethnic Turks ' Movement for Rights and Freedoms ( MRF ) , whose withdrawal of support for the government had forced its resignation in October .
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