Example sentences of "a petition [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 5.1 If at any time before completion of the Lease the Tenant ( being an individual ) dies or has a receiving order made against him or is adjudicated bankrupt or ( being a company ) has a petition presented for its winding up or goes into liquidation or ( in either case ) enters into a composition with his or its creditors then the provisions of clause 5.4 shall have effect immediately |
| 2 | A petition calling for an inquiry into the allegations was signed by 15,118 people and a delegation headed by Raymond Wolseley of the Junior Chamber of Commerce went to Stormont to plead , vainly , for a change of policy . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A petition calling for action to improve the safety of the London Road was launched this week . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In May 1916 all the main peace organizations joined together to launch a petition calling for peace by negotiation . |
| 8 | A PETITION calling for motorists to be given round-the-clock access to a town 's main shopping street is being well supported by the public , say traders . |
| 9 | In late September , she killed a dog , and 300 local people signed a petition calling for her to be removed . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law . |
| 12 | A procession of 30,000 demonstrators marched to the Parliament building , where they presented a petition calling for action against unemployment and the increasing cost of living , and a halt to the privatization programme . |
| 13 | A petition calling for the legalisation of cannabis will appear in a national newspaper tomorrow . |
| 14 | Eleven hundred locals signed a petition calling for the site to be protected |
| 15 | ABOUT 80pc of the villagers of Treuddyn , near Mold , have signed a petition calling for guarantees that post offices will be kept in rural villages . |
| 16 | HUNDREDS of signatures have been collected in a petition calling for swift action on the Skelton and Brotton Hospital . |
| 17 | Around 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a swimming pool in Bedale . |
| 18 | A petition calling for action was sent to Middlesbrough Council seven years ago . |
| 19 | More than a quarter of the islands ' adults have signed a petition calling for a sheriff 's inquiry into the incident , claiming that the Department of Transport 's private marine accident investigation and Lord Donaldson 's general investigation do not go far enough . |
| 20 | PARENTS at one of Scotland 's largest state schools are collecting names for a petition to call for an opt-out ballot . |
| 21 | On Monday though he intends to start up a petition asking for his greens to be reinstated . |