1.  The Alresford Society made strong protests, and the application was refused.

2.  The unflattering portraits elicited strong protests from some of the campaigns.

3.  There were strong protests against the sentence of death.

4.  There were strong protests in both cities.

5.  An attempt by the Romanian authorities to place controls on imports of Hungarian books provoked a strong protest from Budapest.

6.  China lodged a strong protest over the meeting with the US ambassador to China, James Lilley.

7.  Each has been the subject of strong protests by local people and environmental groups.

8.  The introduction of a full programme of four-day cricket comes in next season, despite strong protests from Yorkshire and several other counties.

9.  Another issue that has provoked strong protests from intellectuals here has been a government clampdown on third-world immigration.