Sentence examples for demonstration act from inspiring English sources

During the demonstration, Act Up members shouted, lay in the aisles and chained themselves to pews during a Sunday Mass.

In 1996, the Recreation Fee Demonstration Act expanded the types of fees that could be charged, and the 2004 Federal Lands Recreational Enhancement Act allowed even more.

The study became the foundation for the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development's Urban Revitalization Demonstration Act of 1993, known as HOPE IV. "He was not just dealing with the bricks and mortar, but with the whole aspect of community," said Sunia Zaterman, the executive director of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities.

At the Wall Street demonstration, ACT UP distributed thousands of copies of an op-ed article by Larry Kramer that had run in the New York Times the previous day.

Having had so much bad luck recently, perhaps the demonstration acted more as a collective airing of peoples' fears and frustrations than a protest against anything more specific, which given all they've been through is fair enough really.

In much of the world, much of the time, the presence of women in demonstrations, especially in the leadership and the front line of demonstrations, acts as a strong deterrent against violence; in particular, in much of the world, much of the time, authorities are more reluctant to use violence against women in demonstrations.

Ahed was the subject of another viral video recorded in Nabi Saleh in 2012 when she was seen berating Israeli soldiers for arresting another brother at a demonstration, an act for which she was given a bravery award by the Turkish government.

It is increasingly difficult the hide a public demonstration, an act of repression or a violation of human rights.

Commenting on Egypt's incredibly brave Facebook generation rebels, the political scientist Frank Fukuyama recently wrote: "They could organize protests and demonstrations, and act with often reckless courage to challenge the old regime.

However, both Washington and Tokyo are facing an unusually strong pushback from many of the 1.4 million residents on Okinawa, including a large demonstration and acts of civil disobedience of a sort not seen here in decades.

Debate over the bill drew an estimated 2,000 protesters to the state Capitol on both Tuesday and Wednesday, reminiscent of the passionate labor demonstrations surrounding Act 10 in 2011, though vastly smaller in scope.