Example sentences of "series of [noun sg] attacks [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A HARLEY Street doctor jailed for seven years for a series of sex attacks on women visiting his surgery may have had 100 victims . |
2 | BUS stop rapist Oscar Messam — who staged a series of sex attacks on young women then tried to date his victims — was jailed for a total of 12 years today . |
3 | Following the recent series of knife attacks on police officers , there were calls from the Police Federation for further restrictions on the sale of knives . |
4 | A DARLINGTON woman is mystified by a series of vandal attacks on her car since she moved to the town . |
5 | The political centre suffered a series of heart attacks from 1905 onwards , of which the body of society as a whole was only to become fully aware after 1928 . |
6 | Towards the end of the month the military launched a series of air attacks on LTTE positions in Jaffna town itself and elsewhere on the peninsula . |
7 | Israel launched a series of air attacks on Palestinian and Hezbollah camps in southern Lebanon in early July . |
8 | Israel launched a series of air attacks on Hezbollah villages to the north and west of the zone on May 25-26 , killing up to 25 people , including women and children . |
9 | BURUNDI : The Security forces committed gross and widespread human rights violations in 1991 , especially following a series of rebel attacks in late November , according to an AI fact-finding team which visited Burundi in February . |
10 | In 1980 a series of arson attacks on English-owned cottages in Wales gave new meaning to the advertising slogan , " come home to a real fire " . |
11 | A group calling itself the Partido Comunista Maoista " Puka Inti " ( " Red Sun " Maoist Communist Party ) claimed responsibility on Dec. 9 for a series of bomb attacks on public buildings in Quito carried out in protest against the government 's privatization policy . |
12 | POLICE were today questioning an 89year-old woman about a series of lipstick attacks on clothing in shops at Taunton . |