Sentence examples for result of protests from inspiring English sources

But Senator Schumer said that in several recent cases, abortion opponents had turned to bankruptcy courts to erase the debts they owe as a result of protests intended to shut down abortion clinics.

And even when fraud is uncovered, usually as a result of protests from competing companies, punishment is rarely meted out, allowing guilty firms to continue receiving federal contracts, the report says.

A national dialogue committee, formed as a result of protests, has proposed changes to the election law, and the king said he expected the next parliamentary elections to be conducted according to legislation compatible with its recommendations.

Only subsequently, as a result of protests organized by groups like the Freedom Defense Initiative and Stop Islamization of America, did the project become the subject of passionate debate.

Fortunately, as a result of protests by leading commission members, such as Cardinal Léger, of Montreal, and a discreet but firm move on the part of the lay auditors, two days later another letter came from Cardinal Cicognani stating that the Pope was only offering suggestions and not ordering an amendment.

British democracy came of age in the 19th century partly as a result of protests in the streets, which not only led to the enfranchisement of the previously disenfranchised but also to the formation of the Labour Party, offering new options to voters.

That shift was in part the result of protest activity on the part of black and Latino students.

At least 140 people from Nabi Saleh have been detained or imprisoned as a result of protest activity, including 40 minors.

The FPÖ and BZÖ's rise in popularity can therefore be seen more as a result of protest votes rather than any fundamental shift to the right in Austrian politics.

Last month it was reported that plans to open an abortion clinic were stopped allegedly "as a direct result of protest activity" although the location of the planned clinic was never given.

Five of them were for people who were either behind bars or out on bail: this may seem like an unusual voting criterion, but I feel that everyone who is facing criminal charges as a result of protest activities deserves my vote.