Example sentences of "in protest at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's Minister for Humanitarian Affairs , seconded from the Chadian Human Rights League , criticized Interior Ministry officials in connection with the shootings and resigned in protest at the killings . |
| 2 | The almost unanimous electoral abstention of CNT members in November 1933 , in protest at the shortcomings of Republican reformism and the repressiveness of the Azaña governments towards the CNT itself , contributed significantly to the left 's defeat . |
| 3 | The Arab delegations withdrew from the talks on Dec. 17 , the final scheduled day , in protest at the deportations . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ] . |
| 6 | They stood straining at their leashes whilst , on the other side of the yard , a pack of mastiffs whimpered in protest at the muzzles on their grizzled snouts and the lash of their whippers-in . |
| 7 | The two men were held for several hours by more than 100 students who occupied the Ministry of Education in protest at the non-payments of grants and university registration procedures . |
| 8 | Already thousands of GPs have pledged their opposition to the White Paper — GPs all over the country have been meeting and issuing threats of mass resignations in protest at the plans . |
| 9 | On April 18-19 , Easter weekend , soldiers predominantly from the Zaghawa tribe ( President Déby was a member of the related Bideyat group ) had surrounded the presidential palace in protest at the attempts to demilitarize the capital , Ndjamena , and at planned cutbacks in the armed forces . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | On Jan. 13 , several people were reported to have been wounded by security forces during demonstrations in protest at the arrests . |
| 12 | Fresh elections here would be contested on Oct. 11 , and the Middle East Economic Digest of Oct. 9 reported that 26 candidates had come forward , including Faris Buwayz , who had resigned as Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs in late August in protest at the elections . |
| 13 | Among those elected was Faris Buwayz , who had resigned as Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs in August in protest at the elections . |
| 14 | Two years ago it slashed the gift to £24,000 in protest at the Tories ' high interest rate policy . |
| 15 | On that day thousands marched from West to East Berlin in protest at the terms of unification . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The firebombing of an Istanbul department store on Dec. 25 , in which 11 people died , was apparently carried out by Kurdish students in protest at the deaths the previous day of at least eight Kurds attending funerals in the south-east . |