Example sentences of "[num] [prep] [noun sg] of [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on . |
| 2 | Sixty-Nine Ninety-five with Range of Attachments for Round-the-House Cleanliness , ’ he added , remembering with a sigh the familiar signs . |
| 3 | Kim Dae Jung , head of the main opposition Party for Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) , began a hunger strike on Oct. 8 in support of demands for greater social and economic justice , the implementation of local autonomy measures , the dissolution of the DSC and the abandonment of plans to transform the current presidential political system into Cabinet government . |
| 4 | A general strike was held on Jan. 8 in support of demands for higher wages and pensions , new measures to combat unemployment , and protection for workers during the privatisation of state industries . |
| 5 | Postal workers in the eastern Länder , whose salaries were 60 per cent lower than their western counterparts , went on strike on Jan. 24 in support of demands for a one-off payment equivalent to a 13th month 's salary to compensate for increased living costs . |
| 6 | Students at the University of Conakry were on strike for most of November 1990 in support of demands for increases in their grants and for improvements in the quality of teaching and of library and other facilities . |