The protest has forced issues up the agenda and into the news, such as high executive pay.

The protests of neighbors forced the couple to scale down the plans.

The protests forced the government to hold a local referendum concerning the plant.

The protests forced the French authorities to withdraw the ban.

But local protests forced them to build where the bedrock was at a much deeper level.

Mr. Simpson said he hoped the protest would force a change.

Initially task force meetings were closed to the public, but protest forced the city to open them to attendance.

Originally designed to be four stories higher, the building was reduced when protests forced the architects to compromise.

One was actually opened in July 1988, but protests from Muslims forced it to be closed.

They were the largest and most violent since protests in 1987 forced a former authoritarian government to agree to direct presidential elections.