Example sentences of "[num] in [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " 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| 2 | On Oct. 25 France announced the suspension of aid , and the last French troops were withdrawn on Oct. 30 in spite of calls from the opposition for them to remain to prevent more killing . |
| 3 | To take one example , there is no provision for independent representation for pupils aged under 18 in respect of appeals concerning reinstatement following permanent exclusion . |
| 4 | About one-third of the staff of Albanian Radio and Television ( RTV ) went on strike from Nov. 1 in support of demands by the Independent Radio-Television Trade Union for the resignation of RTV 's directors , a demand supported by the Democratic Party , whose deputies boycotted the debate on the status of RTV in the People 's Assembly . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | THE HONEY THIEVES , the Dublin band who recently won the Phil Lynott Memorial Award for Best New Band of 1990 in recognition of services to leather trousers , have a UK date to coincide with the release of their new ‘ Second Hand Man ’ single at London Rock Garden . |