noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
civil disobedience/unrest (= when people protest or behave violently )
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Unemployment has provoked widespread civil unrest.
industrial conflict/dispute/unrest (= disagreement between workers and their employers )
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Last year 1.3 million workers took part in industrial disputes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
civil
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The loss of revenue from areas of the country affected by civil unrest had also contributed to the deficit.
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If there was civil unrest , they said, it would be the responsibility of the attorney-general, Janet Reno.
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Urban violence and civil unrest were mushrooming like small bombs threatening to blow up the machine from within.
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The civil unrest was not his department.
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Religious dissent is, indeed, one source of civil unrest .
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There was increased military representation, reflecting the leadership's concern that economic reforms might lead to civil unrest .
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So long as we're mainly dependent upon oil, the possibility of high prices and ensuing civil unrest will always exist.
growing
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Each of the prospective parliamentary candidates for Orkney and Shetland added their voices to the growing storm of unrest .
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The call followed growing public unrest with several confrontations between the trade union movement and the government.
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The shaman was still determined to resist and encouraged the growing unrest among the warriors.
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In particular many pointed to growing social unrest , crime and unemployment caused in part by the government's structural adjustment policies.
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There was a growing unrest among the younger residents.
industrial
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In the face of mounting political and industrial unrest , Asquith may have been anxious to head-off further confrontation with feminists.
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Nor was Baldwin troubled with the industrial unrest which culminated in the General Strike during his first administration.
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Mr Howard painted a picture of industrial unrest under Labour rivalling the worst days of the 1970s.
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The brutalising environment that ferments prison disorder also stimulates industrial unrest among prison officers.
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Such jealousies may lead to valued career-move expatriates and/or fixed-term contract workers failing in their postings or result in local industrial unrest .
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This contributed to the notable growth in trade union membership from 1902 and the industrial unrest of 1910 to 1914.
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Mounting industrial unrest gave the party new heart after internal disputes over incomes policy, immigration, Rhodesia, and much else.
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And yet until the outbreak of widescale industrial unrest in the late 1880s, this class remained passive.
internal
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Thus, internal unrest once again threatened Barbarossa's concept of the great design.
political
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In the face of mounting political and industrial unrest , Asquith may have been anxious to head-off further confrontation with feminists.
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This paper underlines the importance of maintaining a functional health care system even during times of political change and unrest .
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Mr Schulz's associates said the cartoonist captured the anxiety of an age underscored by evolving social and political unrest .
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In times of political unrest , the danger that extreme measures will be taken increases.
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During the political unrest of Edward II's reign, Eastry sought to restore tranquillity to the realm.
popular
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Meanwhile it was crucial to prevent popular unrest from spilling over into a major social and political crisis.
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The new Constitution was adopted following sustained popular unrest during 1987.
serious
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Kuchma, who was re-elected in 1999 for a five-year term, faces serious unrest .
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There was serious unrest in the occupied territories on Dec. 12-13.
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In September and October 1985 serious urban unrest again became the focus of popular attention.
social
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This creates political instability and chronic social unrest .
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They themselves face the threat of social unrest over the coming factory closures.
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The resultant social unrest was highlighted by episodes of looting of supermarkets.
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The consequence of this might eventually be rising unemployment and social unrest .
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Mr Schulz's associates said the cartoonist captured the anxiety of an age underscored by evolving social and political unrest .
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There is no opinion poll mechanism for measuring the scale of social unrest .
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In 1921 the government was clearly still fearful of social unrest .
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It would probably be too slow to bring the hope now needed to avoid social unrest and possible collapse.
urban
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After providing a brief overview of the chronology of urban unrest during the 1980s, the chapter concentrates on two main themes.
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Fearing urban unrest , the government holds grain prices down to levels that make it unattractive to farm.
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Conversely, throughout this period Government Ministers strenuously denied that unemployment and social deprivation were significant causes of urban unrest .
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The auguries for such reforms are not good, and further urban unrest remains in prospect.
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In September and October 1985 serious urban unrest again became the focus of popular attention.
widespread
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The moves towards democratization had been precipitated by widespread unrest , focusing particularly on economic grievances.
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The raising of fuel prices by 36 percent in June had led to widespread unrest .
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labour
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During June there was increasing labour unrest .
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The labour unrest and factory takeovers of 1968, for instance, evinced echoes of earlier syndicalist strategies.
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The wave of labour unrest coincided with falling share prices and increasing demonstrations by students in Seoul and other cities.
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Outsiders point to the potential for labour unrest .
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Yoshida stressed that labour unrest must be diminished so that trade unions and workers understood their responsibilities as well as their rights.
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In a country accustomed to a dozy social peace the prospect of weekly demonstrations and labour unrest fills many voters with alarm.
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Machungo and other government members met trade union officials and management representatives on Feb. 2 to discuss the labour unrest .
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They found further fuel for their opposition in an outburst of labour unrest in 1937-8.
peasant
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They reacted, in particular, to the upsurge in proletarian and, from the turn of the century, peasant unrest .
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The explanations which they offer for continuing peasant unrest , however, run counter to important aspects of the Soviet explanation.
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But for his weakness and vacillation, peasant unrest and working-class militancy could have been kept in check by efficient and unwavering repression.
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The precise part played by peasant unrest in the genesis and character of the reform has long been hotly disputed.
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In addition, peasant unrest in areas where there was significant private landholding had reached serious proportions by May.
student
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The student unrest of 1988 needs to be addressed next.
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s anti-war demonstrations, student unrest and draft-dodging became commonplace in Hollywood films.
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Such isolated incidents of student unrest rapidly became a mass movement.
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This, and the growth of student unrest , finally killed off all hopes of establishing a university in the town.
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President Roh Tae Woo denounced the assault on Chung and called for a crackdown on student unrest .
■ VERB
cause
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The tensions generated by the Gulf war have not caused as much unrest as December's strikes and riots.
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He created two competing monopolies which are causing considerable unrest within the industry.
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A defector was quoted in January as saying that hunger had even caused unrest in the army.
lead
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The raising of fuel prices by 36 percent in June had led to widespread unrest .
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There was increased military representation, reflecting the leadership's concern that economic reforms might lead to civil unrest .
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In their existing forms, reforms looked likely to lead to social unrest and further disturbances.
provoke
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A badly-worked free kick, which saw McAllister over-hit an attempted pass to Collins, provoked audible unrest in the stands.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a wave of nation-wide strikes and industrial unrest
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For several weeks students at the university have been in a state of unrest .
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In the unrest since January, 103 people have died.
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Shortages in food have added to the growing unrest in the capitol.
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The Foreign Office is advising people not to travel to the area, because of civil unrest .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And yet there seemed no cause for unrest .
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The unrest then spread to secondary schools in Conakry.
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The government blamed the unrest on the activities of several small left-wing groups intent on creating general instability.
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The labour unrest and factory takeovers of 1968, for instance, evinced echoes of earlier syndicalist strategies.
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There is a certain amount of evidence to suggest that local Tory leaders played a part in inciting the unrest .
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They were ready for a little labor unrest .