Example sentences of "protest at [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The setback for Mr Souness came hours after the Liverpool board had announced that they would meet to discuss public protests at the manager 's dealings with a national newspaper . |
| 2 | The Royal College of Nursing is to lobby Parliament on 24 October in protest at the Government 's plans to shake up the National Health Service , the union has announced . |
| 3 | I wish to present a petition on behalf of 16,300 concerned members of the public , registering protest at the Government 's proposals to restrict the rights of asylum seekers — the proposed abolition of legal aid for asylum seekers , the extension of the restriction on airline carriers , and the suggestion that asylum seekers be fingerprinted in a discriminatory fashion . |
| 4 | Ariel " Arik " Sharon , the Israeli Cabinet 's leading " hawk " , resigned unexpectedly on Feb. 12 in protest at the government 's Palestinian policy . |
| 5 | Attacks for which the November 17 Revolutionary Organization claimed responsibility included : ( i ) the bombing on Feb. 22 , 1989 , of three empty luxury homes in Athens in protest at the government 's housing policy which had led to greatly increased rents ; and ( ii ) bomb attacks on May 15 , 1990 , which caused a fire and a total electricity failure in a wealthy Athens suburb . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Between 70,000 and 100,000 public- and private-sector workers staged a 24-hour strike on Oct. 5 partly in continued protest at the government 's economic austerity policy [ see p. 37527 ] and partly for higher wages to keep pace with spiralling inflation . |
| 8 | Throughout October high-caste youths continued to kill themselves in protest at the government 's plan . |
| 9 | 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 ] . |
| 10 | Kinga , himself a southerner , said that he had resigned in protest at the government 's intention to " Islamicize " the south and also at the " persecution " of " hundreds of thousands of displaced southerners " in the region around Khartoum . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ] . |
| 13 | A French radio report of Dec. 15 said that the Education Minister , Muhammad Abdullah al-Jayfi , had resigned in protest at the government 's handling of the economy . |
| 14 | Thousands of health workers are marching through the centre of London in protest at the Government 's health reforms . |
| 15 | Two senior scientists have resigned from leading British conservation bodies in protest at the government 's interference , which they claimed undermined their independence and the quality of advice on conservation available to them . |
| 16 | They say their action is a protest at the Government 's proposals for fixed fees in legal aid cases and the 3pc increase in legal aid fees . |
| 17 | They say their action is a protest at the Government 's proposals for fixed fees in legal aid cases and the 3pc increase in legal aid fees . |
| 18 | But he was evidently a man of powerful passions , and in the middle of his reading he broke out into an angry protest at the Council 's acquiescence in secular tyrannies in general , and at the lack of action in the case of Anselm in particular . |
| 19 | The move came after three councillors from Stanley had resigned in protest at the council 's reversal of a vote to exclude from a £500,000 soil improvement grant farms owned by the Falkland Islands Company , which dominated the economy . |
| 20 | The EC Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa di Meana , however , fulfilled his threat to boycott the summit , principally in protest at the EC 's failure to adopt a sufficiently firm , united stance on major environmental issues . |
| 21 | At least seven Palermo magistrates announced their resignations on July 21 in protest at the state 's inability to protect members of the judiciary . |
| 22 | Car workers at Vauxhall 's Luton plant staged an unofficial walk-out in protest at the company 's 7.5 per cent pay offer . |
| 23 | Unions sources said last night that they think the move could have a knock-on effect at other firms , and could be seized on by unions at Ford — where the company has so far resisted demands to reduce the 39-hour working week , and whose workers at Southampton walked out yesterday in protest at the company 's pay offer . |
| 24 | Eric Skoglund , the environmental officer on the UN-sponsored Mekong Committee , has resigned in protest at the committee 's determination to go ahead with the building of a huge dam on the Thai-Laotian border " regardless of the potential environmental costs " . |
| 25 | The AUT plans to warn its own bankers , NatWest , that it may withdraw its own account in protest at the bank 's support for the Government scheme . |
| 26 | Several SPCK authors have withdrawn from the Society 's lists in protest at the book 's cancellation . |
| 27 | The EC Commissioner for the Environment , Carlo Ripa di Meana , refused to attend UNCED in protest at the Community 's failure to agree a joint policy programme on the key summit issues and especially a carbon tax [ see p. 38943 for his resignation on becoming Italian Environment Minister ] . |
| 28 | West Ham supporters are being urged to stage a second half walk-out during the match against Southampton on Tuesday night in the continuing protest at the club 's bonds debenture scheme . |
| 29 | Senior officials including the Prime Minister , Haider Abu Bakr al-Attas , were said to have threatened to resign in protest at the President 's alleged unwillingness to deal with violence , including failing to authorize the arrest of suspected killers of more than 30 Yemen Socialist Party members . |
| 30 | Every night the Gethsemane Church is packed with mostly young East Germans who come to light candles in protest at the regime 's refusal to accept reform . |