Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] protest at the " in BNC.
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1 | SUNDERLAND players yesterday joined the chorus of protest at the treatment of boss Malcolm Crosby . |
2 | AMERICAN restaurants and government buildings were attacked as French farmers went on the rampage in protest at the cuts agreed in the Gatt trade talks . |
3 | The Islamic Jihad of Palestine group claimed that it had planted the bomb in protest at the Rishon Le Zion killings . |
4 | The Palestinians eventually boycotted the meeting in protest at the US and Russian decision to abide by the so-called " Madrid formula " which stipulated that the Palestinian delegation would include no PLO members , no East Jerusalem Palestinians and no Palestinians from the diaspora outside the occupied territories . |
5 | In November 1985 he resigned from the government in protest at the signing that month of the Anglo-Irish Agreement [ see pp. 34070-73 ] , stating that he could not support the government 's change of policy on Northern Ireland , including " the involvement of a foreign power in a consultative role in the administration of the province " , which he claimed would prolong and not diminish " Ulster 's agony " [ see p. 34072 ] . |
6 | It was ‘ a blatant bid for public sympathy ’ , according to the director Donald Driver , who had walked out on the production in protest at the way Dustin had taken over . |
7 | Riot police broke up a demonstration in protest at the government 's response but most teachers returned to work when the schools reopened on March 5 . |
8 | On Nov. 14 , the BSP organized a rally in protest at the reading of a bill to confiscate its property . |
9 | Of 10,000,000 workers polled , only 10 per cent said that they would support a strike in protest at the government 's economic policies , although 86 per cent expressed willingness to participate in protest demonstrations . |
10 | On Dec. 23 China ordered France to close its consulate in the southern city of Guangzhou within a month in protest at the recent sale of French fighter aircraft and missiles to Taiwan [ see pp. 39190 ; 39217 ] . |