Sentence examples for past demonstration from inspiring English sources

The result of what was effectively a straw poll, not even an opinion poll, was predictable based on past demonstration turn outs including a human chain across the country the year before last.

So far, however, Jordanian public protests have been relatively small compared with past demonstrations against Israel.

The slim presence is in sharp contrast to past demonstrations, where protesters have complained of over-policing.

Even protests in front of Japanese diplomatic missions in China were small and relatively muted compared with past demonstrations.

Central Park is the only area that can accommodate a crowd of that size, as past demonstrations have shown.

Sporadic protests erupted again Thursday, though their numbers were not as large as in past demonstrations, and they seemed confined to Kurdish areas.

At one point, the police stretched an orange net across West Street in downtown Manhattan, a tactic they have employed during past demonstrations, sometimes followed by mass arrests.

If 500,000 out-of-staters visit for one night -- a reasonable number in light of past demonstrations -- they could easily drop a total of $150 million or more.

Commanders allowed protesters to gather in the road and remained largely out of sight, preventing the escalating confrontations that led to dozens of arrests at past demonstrations.

The small orange buses with students dancing on the roofs, the face-offs with riot police, the stone-throwing and baton charges of past demonstrations were conspicuously absent.

It had been reported earlier that several people with convictions, or who were alleged to have caused trouble at past demonstrations, had been prevented from marching.