Example sentences of "[num] [noun] in protest " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 16 some 900 army conscripts took control of the international airport at Abidjan , the capital , for 12 hours in protest at low levels of pay and poor employment prospects . |
| 2 | In 1982 , he was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Foreign Office minister Cranley Onslow , but resigned after just six days in protest over a dispute involving Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | A New Democracy deputy was shot in the leg in Athens on Dec. 21 by the left-wing November 17 organization in protest at corruption and the government 's privatization policy . |
| 4 | The four major opposition parties reportedly decided to boycott the Nov. 29 elections in protest at alleged unfair election conditions . |
| 5 | MacDonald 's supporters seized the tribe 's offices for five hours in protest . |
| 6 | UNESCO experienced a major crisis in March when 800 employees stopped work for two hours in protest against a series of organizational changes ordered by the Director-General , Federico Mayor Zaragoza [ see p. 37335 ] . |
| 7 | A police strike in Caracas was ended on June 10 when 600 troops were sent into police stations which had been occupied by the strikers for two days in protest at low wages and the dismissal of 10 officers . |
| 8 | On Dec. 5 , 1990 , more than 1,000,000 workers went on strike for 48 hours in protest at a proposed law allowing the dismissal of workers participating in strikes judged to be illegal . |
| 9 | 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 . |