protestation

Preposition: of

• innocence: His protestations of innocence were rejected by the jury.
• loyalty: Hitler instructed Ribbentrop to ignore any fresh protestations of loyalty from Belgrade.
• love: The evening finished with " Dad dancing " and protestations of undying love.
• ignorance: The Franklin, despite his protestations of ignorance, uses all the devices with skill.
• friendship: The Florentine gave me a delicious dinner, overwhelmed me with protestations of friendship, and offered me his purse if I needed it.
• concern: Mr. Hoon: I am always extremely grateful for protestations of concern about my health and welfare, especially from Opposition Members.

Possessives

government: For all the Government's protestations, the simple fact remains that CO 2 emissions are going up, not down.

Converse of object

• sign: On 6 th May a Bill was introduced in the Commons, imposing the obligation of signing the Protestation upon all true Englishmen.
• take: Behan argues that many Communists simply did not take the leadership protestations of moderation at face value.
• make: This site has already made written objections and will be making further protestations via the Soho Society.
• accept: I, the forlorn Teresa, how shall I refuse or accept such protestations?
• ignore: Hitler instructed Ribbentrop to ignore any fresh protestations of loyalty from Belgrade.
• believe: He'd confronted Bert with accusations of onion swapping and doesn't believe the protestations of innocence.

Adjective modifier

• public: Indeed, despite public protestations, a few Music Services no longer exist.
• loud: The self-same tears Will fall into your husband's bosom, lady, With a loud protestation that you love him Above the world.
• such: I, the forlorn Teresa, how shall I refuse or accept such protestations?
• occasional: Only in ' contemporary ' Fine Art has drawing been consistently undervalued, or dismissed ( despite occasional weak protestations to the contrary ).
• recent: So perhaps Mr Blair would like to reconsider his recent protestations of ignorance, made at a press conference last December.
• early: Despite earlier protestations that Dartmoor granite was too sharp ( admittedly before it became trendy - Simon now seems to have seen the light!

Modifies a noun

return: The protestation returns can be used to estimate the population of Atherton at the time.