Example sentences of "[prep] protest over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Rhodes Boyson , Minister at the DEDNI , received 2,200 letters of protest over the proposed lignite mining . |
| 2 | Tens of thousands of township residents stayed away from work on Aug. 27 as a mark of protest over the township violence , coinciding with a mass funeral to bury seven of the dead . |
| 3 | This became clear after parents began to ring Machester 's Picadilly Radio in protest over the song 's condemnation of their local school system . |
| 4 | Department of Health and Social Services staff throughout Northern Ireland walked out in protest over the attack , and many offices remained closed for more than a week . |
| 5 | The breakaway union is balloting its members for a one-day token strike in protest over the amended pit closure plans . |
| 6 | The party 's deputy leader , Donald McKinnon , immediately resigned as defence spokesperson in protest over the volte face . |
| 7 | The stimulus for the reopening of dialogue ( broken off by North Korea in early 1990 in protest over the annual joint South Korean-United States " Team Spirit " military exercise ) came from the North in late June , following improving relations between South Korea and the Soviet Union [ see p. 37533 ] . |
| 8 | The opposition refused to accept the legality of the move and threatened to resign en masse in protest over the DLP 's disregard for legislative procedure . |
| 9 | Ariel Sharon , the leading Israeli " hawk " , resigns from the Cabinet in protest over the government 's Palestinian policy . |
| 10 | In July all 78 opposition legislators had walked out en masse in protest over the DLP 's attempt to force bills through parliament , demanding an early general election [ see pp. 37609 ; 37714 ] . |
| 11 | An estimated 26 out of 41 prisoners who claimed political status were reported to have started an " indefinite hunger strike " on March 9 in a prison in Santiago , in protest over the character and conduct of their trials . |
| 12 | TWO women were occupying a building at the doomed Parkside Colliery , St Helens , this afternoon in protest over the closure of the pit . |
| 13 | Two Crystal Palace directors have resigned in protest over the ‘ dictatorial policies ’ of chairman Ron Noades . |
| 14 | BJP legislators yesterday walked out of parliament in protest over the arrests . |
| 15 | Neil Owen , who 's councillor for Milton-under-Wychwood , Fifield and Bruern , became an Independent when the eighteen rebels resigned in protest over the Government 's level of Community Charge in west Oxfordshire . |