Example sentences of "protesting at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Environmentalists and fishermen were protesting at the devastating effects of the Spanish and Italian drift-net fishery for swordfish . |
| 2 | Peasant federations in Costa Rica , a country with a reputation for democratic institutions and relative equality , have been protesting at the surprisingly skewed distribution of land , by seizing unused land belonging to multinationals . |
| 3 | The members wrote a letter to the authorities protesting at the increases in the cost of living , which had exacerbated problems of nutrition , health and transport . |
| 4 | The van laboured its way up the final stretch of the brae , its engine protesting at the strain . |
| 5 | Myra Breckenridge , the sizzling exposure of sex in Hollywood by Gore Vidal had just made its appearance in London , along with Norman Mailer 's The Armies of the Night , about the invasion of the White House the previous October of pacifists and hippies protesting at the war . |
| 6 | David Blunkett MP showed himself most committed on the issue , protesting at the sheer chutzpah of the Tories in purloining for themselves a concept of essentially socialist origin . |
| 7 | Two hundred and fifty signed letters were delivered to the Irish Embassy , protesting at the Irish government 's censorship and refusal to take on the issue . |
| 8 | Title-page of a pirate press edition of an article by Max Beerbohm ( no place or printer ) on japan vellum , with , below , part of a letter from Beerbohm ( 1924 ) protesting at the piracy and endeavouring to find who was responsible . |
| 9 | Do you remember being dressed in everything that you could wear and protesting at the heat ? |
| 10 | I can remember , as a first year nursing student , protesting at the treatment of an elderly woman of poor sight and hearing who , while recovering from hip surgery , often felt sick and occasionally vomited . |
| 11 | The very first international tennis event to be held in the country was disrupted by 30 coloured demonstrators , protesting at the exclusion of the Tennis Association of South Africa , just three weeks ago despite massive security . |
| 12 | Reynolds 's News described how a ‘ big and angry crowd ’ of Wolves fans estimated at 2,000 people gathered outside the officials ' entrance , protesting at the club 's policy of selling its better players . |
| 13 | Dean Acheson sent an aide-mémoireto the ROK ambassador on 3 April protesting at the state of the economy and firmly warning against any idea of postponing the general election . |
| 14 | The industry 's crisis led to a nationwide blockade of ports by UK fishermen in 1981 protesting at the importing of foreign fish . |
| 15 | In 1648 he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and deputy governor and signed a letter protesting at the treaty with the king at Newport . |
| 16 | Alford was equally staunch in championing the rights of the Commons against the Lords , whether protesting at the Upper House 's attempts to control the negotiations over the Scottish union or complaining against their insistence on members ' ‘ standing so long bare ’ at conferences . |
| 17 | Marriage had effectively put paid to her career as an actress , and between household tasks she busied herself penning articles protesting at the pressures on people like her to cook beautiful meals and write novels like Margaret Drabble . |
| 18 | Isabel picked her way carefully over the rough bank , the cramped muscles in her legs protesting at the exercise , and took the reins . |
| 19 | Women protesting at the installation of ‘ Cruise ’ nuclear missiles establish a permanent peace camp at Greenham Common airbase . |
| 20 | On Feb. 6 the Minister of Tourism , Maj. Mihai Lupoi , was dismissed for allegedly protesting at the transfer of buildings used by his ministry to other bodies . |
| 21 | On April 3 mass demonstrations protesting at the killings took place throughout the Kathmandu area . |
| 22 | The visit met some Soviet opposition on human rights grounds ; The Times reported a demonstration in Moscow on April 23 by Soviet human rights activists , and The Guardian reported that the Moscow city council had tabled a resolution protesting at the visit . |
| 23 | Earlier , five unarmed demonstrators were reportedly shot dead in late April in Manfalut , south-west of Cairo in the Fayourn region , reportedly while protesting at the banning of a traditional Moslem festival . |
| 24 | On the following day riot police used tear gas against a demonstration of some 3,000 teachers , supported by pupils , demanding a 33 per cent pay increase and protesting at the ban . |
| 25 | In January 1990 ( i ) two people were on Jan. 22 shot dead and nine injured in the gold-mining town of Carletonville , 60 km south-west of Johannesburg , when police opened fire on a crowd of 5,000 blacks who were protesting at the death the previous week of a 16-year-old boy while held in detention ; and ( ii ) using razor wire , water cannon and plastic bullets , the police on Jan. 23 dispersed an illegal gathering of 8,000 demonstrators in Cape Town who were supporting the National Education Crisis Committee 's protest against the black education system . |
| 26 | Over 500 of the company 's workers were protesting at the possible closure of the British-controlled company , following reports that its main creditor bank had threatened to withdraw funding . |
| 27 | In June he dismissed a letter from President Havel of Czechoslovakia protesting at the human rights situation in Cuba as " ignorant of our country 's problems " . |
| 28 | The Iraqi embassy in Brussels was occupied for several hours early on April 3 by Kurds protesting at the massacre of their people by Iraqi troops . |
| 29 | Of about 100 prisoners who had been on hunger strike since May 1 [ see p. 38179 ] protesting at the government 's alleged failure to free all political prisoners , 17 who were still fasting began accepting food in the days after Mandela appealed to them to abandon the fast , on June 6 . |
| 30 | A member of the political bureau of the ruling Popular Rally for Progress ( RPP ) , Mohammed Adabo Kabo , was dismissed on Dec. 23 after protesting at the killings , which had also prompted ( on Dec. 18 ) an expression of " severe condemnation " from the French Foreign Ministry . |