Example sentences of "[prep] protest at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four years later , aided , encouraged and finally coached by his wife Margot , the dour , muscular Scotsman was ready , his chances enhanced considerably by the absence of three American sprinters , Stanley Floyd , Mel Lattany and Harvey Glance , all suffering from the ill-conceived and , in the end , totally purposeless American boycott of the Games in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . |
| 2 | Poland was doing so in protest at the Soviet Union 's refusal withdraw all its 50,000 Polish-based troops by early 1992 , while Czechoslovakia was denying access to the Soviet convoys after the failure of talks on a cash payment for the proposed transit . |
| 3 | On March 5 the Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers of the European Communities ( EC ) and the European Parliament voted to release food aid and credit for the Soviet Union which had been frozen in January in protest at the Soviet military crackdown in the Baltic republics [ see pp. 37944-45 ] . |
| 4 | On March 26 Germany halted military aid and arms supplies to its NATO ally Turkey in protest at the latter 's repression of its Kurdish minority [ see p. 38822 ] . |
| 5 | Commenting on the success of the fundamentalist candidates , the Independent of June 20 speculated that many merchants had cast anti-PLO votes in protest at the endless strikes and closures imposed by the intifada leadership . |
| 6 | The National Union of Teachers has voted for possible nationwide strikes in protest at the planned introduction of performance-related pay . |
| 7 | Mann , who had resigned from the Lok Sabha in October in protest at the recent extension of President 's rule in the state [ see p. 37775 ] , had previously been authorized to represent two other Akali Dal factions ( Badal and Longowal ) at the talks . |
| 8 | 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 ] . |
| 9 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Oct. 22 reported that the US Congress had approved a foreign aid bill which , among other provisions , froze some US$2,300,000 in defence training aid to Indonesia in protest at the Indonesian army 's massacre of unarmed civilians in East Timor in November 1991 [ see p. 38579 ] . |
| 10 | Two miles away , thousands of dissidents marched in protest at the Communist hegemony . |
| 11 | SCOTTISH Nationalists took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
| 12 | SCOTTISH National Party members took over part of the headquarters of one of England 's largest water companies yesterday in protest at the possible privatisation of the industry in Scotland . |
| 13 | And God have split from their former record label Beggars Banquet in protest at the poor quality level of the new Charlatans LP and appear to have been joined by Neil from LOOP , who 's playing second bass for them . |
| 14 | And God have split from their former record label Beggars Banquet in protest at the poor quality level of the new Charlatans LP and appear to have been joined by Neil from LOOP , who 's playing second bass for them . |
| 15 | Momper 's " red-green " alliance had collapsed on Nov. 15 when the AL withdrew in protest at the violent eviction by 3,000 police of several hundred ( mainly west Berliner ) squatters from 13 apartment buildings in the Friedrichshain district of east Berlin the previous day ; 300 people were arrested and over 100 injured in the clashes . |
| 16 | A forcible demonstration of Castro 's changed attitude was given on 21 October when he ordered the arrest of his former companion-in-arms , the charismatic Major Huber Matos , Commander of Camaguey Province ( an area where there was significant resistance to the new regime ) , who had resigned his commission in the Rebel Army in protest at the increasing Communist influence in the revolution . |
| 17 | However , the agreement was suspended by the Soviet Union in early February 1990 in protest at the Israeli government 's settlement policy and an official Soviet protest was made on March 13 , 1990 . |
| 18 | Apparently acting in protest at the economic blockade , a 52-year-old Lithuanian factory worker , Stanislovas Zhamaitis , committed suicide by setting fire to himself outside the Bolshoi Theatre in the centre of Moscow on April 26 . |
| 19 | A 12-hour general strike in Caracas , the first for 31 years , was organized on May 18 by the Confederation of Venezuelan Workers ( Confederación de Trabajadores de Venezuela — CTV ) in protest at the economic measures and was widely observed . |
| 20 | Muldoon , who had won 59 per cent of the vote in Tamaki in the 1990 general election [ for which see pp. 37781-82 ] , had resigned his seat in protest at the economic , health and social welfare policies of Prime Minister Jim Bolger [ see p. 38676 ] , and had appealed to voters to send a message to the government to change its ways . |
| 21 | The demonstrations broke out in response to a general strike call issued by leaders of the Muhajir National Movement ( Muhajir Qaumi Mahaz — MQM — representing Urdu-speaking migrants originally from India ) in protest at the alleged abduction of MQM members by supporters of the ruling Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) . |
| 22 | George Sa'adah , Phalangist Party leader and Minister of Telecommunications and Posts in the outgoing Cabinet , also refused to enter the Karami Cabinet in protest at the alleged dominance of pro-Syrian ministers . |
| 23 | On Sept. 10 , millions of Kashmir Moslems responded to the call issued by pro-Pakistani groups for an indefinite strike in protest at the alleged forcible entry of security forces on Sept. 9 into the shrine of Hazrat Bal and the molesting of worshippers . |
| 24 | The locals believed that the collapse was in protest at the new building work , but that hardly seems fair . |
| 25 | The Asian Wall Street Journal , the circulation of which had been restricted in Singapore since 1987 [ see p. 35463 ] , halted all circulation in mid-October in protest at the new legislation . |
| 26 | Wang , the computer company , has stopped its sponsorship of the Leinster senior league competition in protest at the Irish RFU 's links with the South African Rugby Board 's centenary celebrations this summer . |
| 27 | Robinson , 46 , a lawyer associated with human rights and civil liberties work , had resigned from the Labour Party in 1985 in protest at the Anglo-Irish agreement . |
| 28 | Several British supermarket chains have asked their suppliers to stop using fish which comes from the Faroe islands , after the Environmental Investigation Agency called for a boycott of Faroese products in protest at the annual killing of pilot whales . |
| 29 | On March 4 the leader of the alternative New Forum/Alliance 90 on a local Brandenburg council , Detlef Dalk , committed suicide in protest at the federal government 's property restitution policy . |
| 30 | The War Against Women by Marilyn French Hamish Hamilton , £9.99 Backlash : The Undeclared War Against Women by Susan Faludi Chatto & Windus , £9.99 Arcadia by Jim Crace Jonathan Cape , £14.99 ‘ THE sisterhood at the top of British publishing should be collectively ashamed of itself , ’ pronounced Richard Gott in The Guardian , in protest at the simultaneous publication of two more ‘ tendentious feminist tracts by famous American writers ’ . |