Example sentences of "a petition call for " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 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 .
4 A petition calling for action to improve the safety of the London Road was launched this week .
5 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 .
6 In May 1916 all the main peace organizations joined together to launch a petition calling for peace by negotiation .
7 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 .
8 In late September , she killed a dog , and 300 local people signed a petition calling for her to be removed .
9 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 ) .
10 Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law .
11 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 .
12 A petition calling for the legalisation of cannabis will appear in a national newspaper tomorrow .
13 Eleven hundred locals signed a petition calling for the site to be protected
14 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 .
15 HUNDREDS of signatures have been collected in a petition calling for swift action on the Skelton and Brotton Hospital .
16 Around 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a swimming pool in Bedale .
17 A petition calling for action was sent to Middlesbrough Council seven years ago .
18 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 .
19 PARENTS at one of Scotland 's largest state schools are collecting names for a petition to call for an opt-out ballot .
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