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Значения термина provos на английском

каталонский
exèrcit republicà irlandès providional
испанский
ejército republicano irlandés provisional

A militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland.

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exèrcit republicà irlandès providional
Использование термина provos на английском
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It will be remembered that the stickies got their nickname when they chose stick-on lilies and the provos were, briefly, called pinheads.
The Irish Times
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A fair dollop - according to the latest figures there are over 120,000 provos on the waiting list.
The Irish Times
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What do old Provos think about when they examine the present situation?
The Irish Times
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And the attack was the Provos' most audacious operation against the British establishment.
The Guardian
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In 1986 he dismissed the Provos and recognised the Continuity Army Council IRA.
The Irish Times
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It bespeaks an old-fashioned Irish nationalism in words that even canny Provos would avoid.
The Irish Times
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Above all, by the end the Provos were irredeemably penetrated by the intelligence agencies.
The Guardian
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Even the Provos have realised that the Protestant British-Irish identity has to be accommodated.
The Irish Times
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Lurgan makes no sense if the Provos were serious about wanting to enter peace talks.
The Irish Times
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He looked round the table into the eyes of the four rather fearsome-looking IRA Provos.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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The Provos couldn't see it, but deep red anger flushed Smith's face beneath his balaclava.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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The comparisons between the threat the Provos posed and what is now being faced are stark.
The Guardian
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Provos is the man charged with keeping those web barbarians at bay -all of them.
Wired
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Grew up playing Cowboys and Indians (or Provos and Army).
The Rhesus Chart
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The Provos stole his life and they took so much from those of us left behind.
Independent.ie
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A silence ensued, in which his fate was clearly being privately debated by the four Provos.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
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