Example sentences of "[num] in [noun] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ariel " Arik " Sharon , the Israeli Cabinet 's leading " hawk " , resigned unexpectedly on Feb. 12 in protest at the government 's Palestinian policy . |
| 2 | Etienne Goyemido resigned as Minister of Primary , Secondary and Technical Education and of Youth and Sports on May 2 in protest at the dismissal of four teachers and a watchman . |
| 3 | The Palestinians , however , did not finally agree to attend until late on Dec. 2 in protest at the US refusal to allow Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) members to enter Washington to serve as advisers . |
| 4 | Israel sealed off the Gaza Strip from March 19-22 in protest at the killing of two Israelis in Jaffa on March 17 [ see this page ] . |
| 5 | Charles Ross ( Sandy ) Somerville , the oldest surviving member of the Canadian national cricket team died in May 1991 in Ontario at the age of 88 . |
| 6 | possible evidence for this view can be seen in the only surviving thirteenth-century picture of a Western water-clock , which seems to have been used about 1250 in Paris at the court of Louis IX . |
| 7 | At least seven Palermo magistrates announced their resignations on July 21 in protest at the state 's inability to protect members of the judiciary . |
| 8 | Gen. O. P. Malhotra resigned as Governor of Punjab on Aug. 5 in protest at the government 's last minute postponement of elections in the state in mid-June [ see p. 38286 ; see p. 37915 for Malhotra 's appointment in December 1990 ] . |
| 9 | Böhme , a 45-year-old historian , joined the former SED at the age of 17 but left it in 1976 in protest at the persecution of intellectuals . |
| 10 | The User Alliance for Open Systems is set to meet May 11–14 in Dallas at the InfoMart : it is anxious to push its agenda for interoperability , transportable data and applications and an IT environment that supports business objectives . |
| 11 | In Denmark , it forms a wedge of sediment about 40 m in thickness at the edge of the basin . |
| 12 | Strict economic sanctions were imposed by the United States government on Oct. 29 in protest at the Sept. 30 military coup which deposed President Jean-Bertrand Aristide [ see p. 38430 ] . |
| 13 | Three of his ministers had resigned on Oct. 3 in protest at the terms of Jordan 's participation in the Middle East peace conference and at his lack of success in tackling economic problems . |
| 14 | The trade union confederations staged a series of four-hour regional general strikes on Sept. 22-29 in protest at the budget . |
| 15 | And he said : ‘ You sign copies of ‘ America ’ ' — which was number one in France at the time ! |
| 16 | The Moslem contingent had withdrawn from the EC talks on May 27 in protest at the attack on civilians in Sarajevo [ see p. 38919 ] . |
| 17 | Sacko , a UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) official serving in the Central African Republic , had been Finance Minister for six months before resigning in August 1987 in protest at the unwillingness of Traoré 's government to support him in a drive against corruption [ see pp. 36085-86 ] . |
| 18 | The four opposition parties announced on Nov. 13 that they were withdrawing from the parliamentary elections set for Dec. 8 in protest at the failure of their demand for a new voters ' register . |
| 19 | Morocco , which had suspended participation in 1982 in protest at the admission of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR — Western Sahara ) [ see p. 31935 ] , again did not send a representative . |
| 20 | Morocco , which had suspended participation in 1982 in protest at the admission of the Saharan Arab Democratic Republic ( SADR — Western Sahara ) [ see p. 31935 ] , again did not send a representative . |
| 21 | On Sept. 21 the two factions announced that they were forming a joint leadership council to oppose the talks , and called on all Palestinians to observe a general strike on Sept. 23 in protest at the talks . |
| 22 | Farmers from the militant Co-ordination rurale ( formed in late 1991 by farmers opposed to the increasing moderation of existing unions ) blocked routes to Paris on June 23 in protest at the changes to the EC 's common agricultural policy approved in May [ see p. 38931 ] . |
| 23 | Pro-Iraqi feeling in Algeria prompted the massive Feb. 1 demonstration [ see p. 37940 ] , and further large demonstrations in Algiers and other towns on Feb. 15 in protest at the bombing of the Baghdad shelter . |
| 24 | The tutor-organiser was also best-placed to counsel WEA students considering full-time higher education on adult state scholarships ( of which there were two in Northamptonshire at the time ) ; he was also in a position to attend daytime meetings of local bodies , on behalf of the WEA . |
| 25 | The situation of refugees worsened as Croatia refused to allow in those fleeing from Jacje and Travnik , leaving some 6,000 in camps at the frontier ; Germany agreed to take 1,000 on Nov. 11 and others were accepted by Spain and Austria . |
| 26 | The charges arise from an alleged incident involving a boy aged four in Walton at the weekend . |
| 27 | On Sept. 24 in Brussels Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Willy Claes agreed with his Zäirean counterpart , Pierre Lumbi , to resume Belgian bilateral assistance ; this had been frozen in May 1990 in protest at the government 's handling of student demonstrations , when some 50 students died [ see p. 37553 ] . |