Example sentences of "leader of [art] [adj] [noun] ['s] " 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 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 ] . |
11 | 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 ] . |
12 | Mr Lee , 66 , leader of the ruling People 's Action Party , has held the office since 1959 when Singapore became a self-governing state . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | EVER since Neil Adams retired , Densign White has been the spokesman and leader of the British men 's judo squad . |
16 | On Jan. 30 the Agence France-Presse news agency reported that some 20 Moslem clerics had been arrested in recent weeks and that a 40-year-old preacher had been sacked and condemned to 80 lashes in December after he had used his Friday sermon to insult the leaders of a Saudi women 's association . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |