Sentence examples for protested the application from inspiring English sources

"I can understand if they said reduce your fish quotas, or reduce the number of fishing days, but the truth is they're shutting us down," said Ettore Iani, president of Legapesca, a national fish trade association that has vociferously protested the application of the regulations that will have an impact on the catch of smaller fish.

But a senior staff member protested when the application was submitted, saying he didn't think Chin and her team were "ready".

When the industry protested the proposed blanket waiver in June, the administration said it would review each application.

He protested the Vietnam War.

Similar events took place in March 2003 when hundreds of local residents protested against an application of gravel extraction by Lafarge.

He emphasized nonviolent means of protest and encouraged the application of economic pressure by countries dealing with South Africa.

In the 1993 deliberation, Borland International, a software maker that had trademark applications pending on products containing the word "windows," filed a letter protesting Microsoft's application.

Among those detained during the Games were Zhang Wei, a Beijing resident who was seeking to publicize the demolition of her home, and Ji Sizun, a democracy advocate whose foray to the protest application office ended with his disappearance into a large black car.

Taxi drivers have mounted protests, even blockading highways, complaining that the application represents unfair competition.

Over 200,000 people protested against Syngenta's application via the 38 Degrees campaign site, while 35,000 wrote to environment secretary Owen Paterson via Avaaz and another 6,000 Friends of the Earth supporters asked ministers to "stand firm against Syngenta".

Campaign group Galloway Landscape and Renewable Energy held a vocal protest outside the planning meeting prior to the application being heard.