Example sentences of "have [vb pp] a petition " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pair have the support of the whole town … local traders have organised a petition to keep them on . |
| 2 | ‘ Other residents are fine about it and I have collected a petition to support our appeal . ’ |
| 3 | The residents have presented a petition to the council calling for the plans to be shelved until an alternative access to the site can be found . |
| 4 | Campaigners fighting to save a hospital from closure have delivered a petition to Downing Street , calling for the plans to be scrapped . |
| 5 | Several thousand have signed a petition demanding more change . |
| 6 | Over 400 Holybourne residents have signed a petition urging the authorities to take measures to protect villagers from the dangers of speeding traffic along the old London Road . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the meantime , and as a direct result of the cleaning , an association has been formed in France to campaign for ‘ respect of the integrity of the national heritage ’ and 150 French artists and intellectuals have signed a petition demanding a moratorium on all new restorations of works of art without prior and open consultation of international opinion . |
| 9 | Now 800 doctors have signed a petition for the British section of the World Federation Of Doctors Who Respect Human Life . |
| 10 | More than 5,000 Swindon fans have signed a petition calling on the sports governing body to return the club to the first flight , replacing another side which has already pulled out of the league . |
| 11 | He 's organising a campaign to get it back and five hundred villagers have signed a petition . |
| 12 | More than two thousand people have signed a petition opposing the merger . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | FOOTBALL : Nearly 400 Wolves ' fans have signed a petition protesting at the design of a new kit to be worn by the club next season and launched at Saturday 's final home game against Middlesbrough . |
| 15 | More than 400 villagers have signed a petition against their application feeling their venture would aggravate the problem . |
| 16 | Some 120 children and parents have signed a petition which is now being sent to Scarborough Council . |
| 17 | Around 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a swimming pool in Bedale . |
| 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 | Now angry swimmers have started a petition to save the pool . |
| 20 | Now , John McFadyen and his girlfriend Elizabeth Woodey , of Bexhill Avenue , have started a petition calling on the borough council to help provide a centre . |
| 21 | They have started a petition which has already gathered 450 signatures from residents of Ferryhill and drivers calling at the garage . |
| 22 | Regulars at the Great Western have launched a petition to save the pub . |