Sentence examples for because of demonstrations from inspiring English sources

During the World Economic Forum in 2002, some city buses became stuck in traffic for up to an hour at a time because of demonstrations, causing delays throughout the city, said Joseph J. Smith, general manager of the Manhattan bus division.

McHenry opposes the regulation of demonstrations because she believes colleges and universities should encourage rather than limit public discussion.

There has been a lot of damage here because of the demonstrations.

Hard-line Communist rule in Bulgaria did not collapse because of street demonstrations, as it had in Romania, Czechoslovakia and East Germany.

Concerns have risen for the Republican convention, however, because of antiwar demonstrations directed at President Bush and because of New York City's global prominence.

In a speech, he also defended the army's decision to remove Mohamed Morsi from power, saying the deposed president had lost legitimacy because of mass demonstrations against him.

The State Department has issued a travel alert stating that "American citizens should defer travel to Tibet at this time" because of street demonstrations and unrest.

The beautiful Navy beaches, which we visited last year, were closed because of continuous demonstrations at the entrance to Camp Garcia and elsewhere on Navy property.

The border with Kuwait was briefly closed because of related demonstrations, Iain Pickard, a spokesman for the occupation authorities here, said.

The United States Consulate in Jerusalem limited travel by government employees to the West Bank because of the demonstrations and advised all American citizens to avoid the area and "to exercise an extra measure of caution during this period".

On occasion Kissinger drops his guard and shares a moment of anxiety, like the time he slept in the White House basement and not in his own apartment because of antiwar demonstrations.