Sentence examples for occupying it for from inspiring English sources
MEXICO CITY — The federal police moved into this city's historic central square on Friday to retake the space from thousands of teachers who had been occupying it for the past month to protest an overhaul of nation's education policies.
Around 200 protesters, who had taken part in the 50,000 strong demonstration against cuts in education, broke through police lines and smashed windows to enter the building, occupying it for several hours before being forced out by the police.
He and a group of other students headed toward the president's offices, bricks in hand -- and built a wall near the entrance of the building as a symbol of what they felt was a barrier, occupying it for the day and eventually negotiating concessions.
Before launching a war, Mr. Bush still needs to show two things: first, that the threat is so urgent that letting Iraq fester is even riskier than invading it and occupying it for many years to come; second, that deterrence will no longer be successful in containing Saddam.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said his forces also have cleared city hall in the southeastern city of Mariupol of the pro-Russia protesters who had been occupying it for more than a week.
While Ohio refused to cede its claim, Michigan quietly occupied it for the next several years, setting up local governments, building roads, and collecting taxes throughout the area.
It was a reminder that, for all its ardent nationalism, Taiwan has close ties to Japan which occupied it for 50 years and also that it pursues its own interests, not those of the Chinese "motherland".My country, which is thee?Worryingly for China, the emotions now on display are driven by patriotism for Taiwan, not China.
Neighbors said Mr. Ledger had occupied it for several months.
"They occupied it for four days, and they had no weapons".
In the end, Mali was rescued by the people who had occupied it for eight decades.
Half the city was laid out by Mussolini's fascists, who occupied it for four years.
