Sentence examples for demonstrations were small from inspiring English sources

Here in Montreal, demonstrations were small.

He pointed out that demonstrations were smaller and less violent than those at London's G20 summit in April, adding: "I fundamentally disagree with them that the free market is the source of all ills".

The demonstrations were smaller than those held in past weeks, but they were significant because they came after security forces took control this month of the country's two most restive cities, Hama in central Syria and Deir al-Zour in the east, in a military operation that activists say left hundreds dead.

While the demonstrations were smaller, they were arguably more dramatic.

Most demonstrations are small and local.

Many demonstrations are small and peaceful, with fired workers denouncing low severance pay.

"Even if the demonstrations are small in Dara'a, for us it is an achievement because the person who participates is a possible martyr," Mr. Fares said.

The demonstration was small -- perhaps 50 people -- but clearly planned by influential members of Fatah to take advantage of the television cameras massed outside the parliament's doors.

But the demonstration was smaller and more subdued than most recent protests here, and marchers largely stayed clear of the Israeli checkpoint at the edge of town that been the scene of near-constant street battles in the past three weeks.

The demonstrations here were smaller than expected, in part because about 600 protesters were prevented from reaching Davos, and instead clashed with the police in Landquart, 25 miles away.

But earlier threats of violence did not materialize, and the demonstrations were relatively small.