Sentence examples for large scale popular from inspiring English sources

Intifada means uprising -- a large scale, popular revolt.

That is not necessarily through producing large scale, popular programming.

Large-scale popular unrest shook Syria throughout 2011.

A rise in the price of fuel could stoke large-scale popular discontent, others maintain.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's uniformed president, General Pervez Musharraf, a key ally in the fight against terrorism, is facing the first large-scale popular protests since he grabbed power eight years ago.

The lesson Beijing has taken from the Middle East uprisings is that the Internet can be the starting point of large-scale popular protests and that it has indeed contributed to the spread of "global values," such as freedom of expression and human rights.

However, at this critical moment, a large-scale popular protest erupted that demanded the governments and the mines pay social insurance premiums for the last 10 years to thousands of workers.3 Group petitions, violent strikes, and judicial litigation were all used and continue to date, creating a crisis in grassroots governance and rendering the grassroots government helpless.

Under increasing French pressure, the VNQDD leadership switched tack, replacing a strategy of isolated clandestine attacks against individuals with a plan to expel the French in a single blow with a large-scale popular uprising.

Large-scale popular resistance began after the 1867 Act with its threat of coercive cumulative penalties.

Patient organizations also failed to gain much political purchase: they were never able to mobilize large-scale popular support, and they were forced to occupy a subordinate position, when compared to the medical profession, within the health policy community.

Environment correspondent Iolo ap Dafydd reports on what is making large scale solar power popular.