Sentence examples for because of protests from inspiring English sources

I will not leave the board because of protests about BP, but these protests are important".

Boston and Hamburg had to stop bidding for 2024 because of protests.

Iran has arrested thousands because of protests over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's lopsided victory in June, which the opposition says is fraudulent.

BEHIND THE NEWS The trend back toward fur, an expensive material long shunned because of protests by animal-rights activists, seemed surprising in a recession.

And while he garnered considerable attention, it was often because of protests against his opposition to gay rights and abortion rights.

The education authorities said 312 of France's 4,300 high schools had been closed or disrupted Thursday because of protests by students.

Several of its colleges have been saved from closing during fiscal crises because of protest and assembly.

"So they find ways of expressing themselves". The tradition migrated to the U.S. and now has become entrenched here — although not because of protest.

An organiser of the event, Margaret Butts, said she hoped the venue location would be kept a secret because of threats of protests by civil libertarian groups.

In 2001 he canceled a planned speech in Bangkok because of the threat of protests.

Some were dropped because of industry protests, others were changed.