Example sentences of "a petition [verb] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June the Springtown residents launched a petition calling for the families living there to be rehoused before the winter and for the camp to be closed . |
| 2 | Scientific , technical and clerical workers have signed a petition calling for the university to make it impossible for ‘ nuclear weapons-motivated research ’ involving SLAC to be carried out . |
| 3 | In November 1976 a meeting was held in Sreelane Parish Hall to demand the use of a safe alternative raw material after some 600 people signed a petition calling for the use of such a material . |
| 4 | Delegates adopted a petition calling for the mass resignation of the Council of Ministers , the People 's Great Hural ( parliament ) and the central committee of the ruling Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( MPRP ) . |
| 5 | Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law . |
| 6 | A petition calling for the legalisation of cannabis will appear in a national newspaper tomorrow . |
| 7 | Eleven hundred locals signed a petition calling for the site to be protected |