Sentence examples for firm protest from inspiring English sources

It was Miller's quiet, but firm, protest.

"We have lodged a firm protest to North Korea.

Eventually, the American diplomatic mission in Tripoli, known then as the U.S. Liaison Office, sent a firm protest to the Libyan government.

Despite my firm protests I was being engulfed in a bear hug by an Alaskan sea captain.

Mr. Brown, who said he worked with about 60 customers who cleared through the firm, protested the slow progress in determining how much is owed to customers.

When a member of the firm protested that the search was illegal, he was beaten by officers and hospitalized for two weeks, said the firm's head, Jamison R. Firestone.

Despite a government promise to keep 25% of the firm, protests and blockades spread to Corsica's ports, such as Ajaccio and Bastia: thousands of bewildered travellers were stranded, and riot police were called in to get the ships going.This week's one-day strike was a separate fixture, which had been planned a long time in advance.

Though the firms protested the judge's decision, they offered more concessions to the junior creditors.

Firms protesting against onerous taxes and red tape will sometimes threaten to move, just as the giant bank HSBC is considering relocating to Hong Kong.

Faced with firms protesting a lack of cash to pay taxes, federal and local governments allow factories to settle their obligations with cans of paint or newly-assembled lorries.Russia's cash shortage is a selective affair.

His dramatic decision put Pruitt in unfamiliar territory: Environmental activists cheered, while the targeted firms protested that the directive was not backed by science and could expose more people to health risks.