Sentence examples for seek to protest from inspiring English sources

He warned: "It risks it being used for those who seek to protest peacefully, noisy children in the street, street preachers, canvassers, carol singers, trick-or-treaters, church bell ringers, clay pigeon shooters, nudists.

Only a handful of people sought to protest on Sunday.

They were told not to and then sought to protest inside the school.

Scores of people were arrested and beaten in those cities when they sought to protest.

Wu Dianyuan, 79, and her neighbour Wang Xiuying, 77, sought to protest about their forced eviction from their homes in 2001.

Other people reported being halted en route to Beijing, or being forcibly removed from the capital by officials from their hometowns as they sought to protest.

This month's demonstrations originally sought to protest the killing of the teenager, but they have since taken on a political character.

The county canvassing boards have been granted discretion to authorize a manual recount when requested by a candidate, political party or political committee who seeks to protest the returns of an election as being erroneous.

A1 The national leaders and the leaders of groups that sought to protest peacefully at the summit meeting began reflecting on how to carry out their goals without repeating the violence that marked the meeting in Genoa.

Mr. Rummonds was dismissed in October, three days after he led a sickout that sought to protest management's failure to heed employee concerns on raises and other matters.

The rally, sponsored by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union, sought to protest a decision by a restaurant contractor, Restaurant Associates, to hire fewer than half the 100 food employees who had worked at the old terminal.