The phrase "a request to stay" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when asking for permission or expressing a desire to remain in a particular place or situation.
Example: "I submitted a request to stay longer at the conference to network with more professionals."
Alternatives: "a plea to remain" or "a demand to continue".
Issues include the location, viewing booths and a request to stay open 24 hours.
Yesterday he denied a request to stay the judgment; the agency has filed an appeal.
Last week, the Missouri Supreme Court rejected a request to stay Williams's execution without explanation.
The US supreme court denied a request to stay the execution late on Tuesday.
In fact, he'd already called me with a request to stay at my farmhouse for a while.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals later that month rejected a request to stay the execution based on that information, saying it amounted to hearsay.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Robert Barnes report: "The high court did not grant an emergency request to stay a ruling by a federal judge in Washington who had thrown out a decades-old [FEC] regulation allowing nonprofit groups to keep their donors secret unless they had earmarked their money for certain purposes.. . .
The high court did not grant an emergency request to stay a ruling by a federal judge in Washington who had thrown out a decades-old Federal Election Commission regulation allowing nonprofit groups to keep their donors secret unless they had earmarked their money for certain purposes.
Japanese economy minister Akira Amari said he had agreed to a US request to stay on in Atlanta for another 24 hours, but said the US had to find a way forward on biologics.
For months, American officials warned the Iraqis that if they did not issue a formal request to stay, and soon, it would become logistically impossible to slow the pullout.
In a filing with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department and lawyers from 18 states asked the court to deny a Microsoft request to stay all proceedings until the Supreme Court decides in October whether it will hear Microsoft's appeal.
