Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [prep] attacks on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deng had launched his current campaign in January in response to attacks on his reformist allies within the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) by hardliners , particularly from within the central advisory commission ( CAC ) , the so-called " council of elders " headed by arch-conservative Chen Yun . |
| 2 | Wyrdwriteras may have been produced in response to attacks on Æthelred for not leading his troops personally , and although Ælfric seems ( in the extant portion , at least ) to defend this policy , there could be implied criticism of the king 's choice of commanders who were often less successful than those in the examples cited . |
| 3 | Seven people were reported killed in a series of pre-dawn air raids on two Croat villages , which Yugoslav army commanders said were in retaliation for attacks on an air base in the regional centre of Mostar nearby . |
| 4 | Third , it gave as justification for some of its outrages that they were in retaliation for attacks on the army . |
| 5 | On Jan. 24 a spokesman for the Islamic Tahrir ( Liberation ) party , Atta Abu Rushtah , was arrested by security forces after a press conference in which he had called for suicide attacks to be launched on Western and allied interests throughout the world in retaliation for attacks on Iraq . |
| 6 | It 's just the latest in spate of attacks on British holiday makers in America . |
| 7 | In the second century BCE Judas Maccabaeus led sorties into Idumaea in revenge for attacks on Jews , and later in the same century John Hyrcanus conquered the territory , and forced the Idumaeans to accept circumcision and obedience to the Jewish Law . |
| 8 | Three others arrested shortly after the killings ( Donna Maguire , 24 , Paul Hughes , 27 , and Sean Hick , 30 ) were acquitted on the grounds of insufficient evidence , but remained in custody , since the German authorities were seeking their extradition in connection with attacks on UK service personnel in Germany . |
| 9 | Three were wanted in connection with attacks on soldiers in Spain . |
| 10 | Earlier , in one of the best speeches by an outgoing party chairman in recent years , Anne McGuire added her voice to chorus of attacks on the SNP 's action . |
| 11 | For example , in the late 1970s there were widespread reports in the press and on television of attacks on and thefts from innocent people in the street , attacks which subsequently became known as ‘ muggings ’ . |