Sentence examples for He petitioned that from inspiring English sources

He petitioned that they be excused, but the superintendent and district went even further, and directed teachers not to schedule examinations for those days.

But Richards was so fascinated by the stories he recorded that he petitioned Malick to release the footage to him for his own use.

In Australia, the former New South Wales premier Bob Carr has revealed that he petitioned the White House on Black's behalf.

As with much of what Trump said as he petitioned for the job that he will soon have, his true feelings were unclear.

Prosecutors say that he petitioned the Immigration and Naturalization Service to allow family members in China to come to the United States as relatives of an American citizen.

He and his staff have levelled various allegations against Mr Modi: including a claim that he petitioned the junior foreign minister to block a visa application on behalf of Gabriella Demetriades, a South African model and erstwhile friend of the IPL chief.

Correspondence between Wyoming's territorial Governor, Francis Warren, and Union Pacific officials during Warren's term in office indicate that he petitioned the company for years to clear the titles on land he owned.

Parliament petitioned that the sentence be carried out without delay.

He even started a petition that gathered more than 320,000 signatures. .

He helped spearhead a petition that gained more than 2.2 million signatures calling on the Boy Scouts to end the ban on gays.

At the same time, he said that he might have read the online petition that called for a public apology from the players and the team.