Sentence examples for both petitioned from inspiring English sources

Ukraine and Georgia have maintained close ties since the Orange Revolution; both petitioned for NATO membership, but the alliance rejected plans to fast-track the two countries' applications last spring.

The garage group and the drivers' group have both petitioned the commission to raise fares, an action that requires the commission to formally assess the need for an increase.

Ms. Elder notes in her report that both women "had petitioned to serve their sentences in Moscow, arguing that they wanted to be close to their children.

Most obviously, patients published periodicals, invited media persons to their meetings, petitioned bureaucracies, and lobbied legislators in both countries.

Both he and the left-winger Anthony Wedgwood-Benn, then Lord Stansgate, unsuccessfully petitioned Prime Minister Clement Atlee to renounce their titles.

Upon return to Duke from a petitioned study away program, students are required to complete a petition evaluation.

Show petitioned legislators for nearly a year and organized a statewide petition drive to get the stalking law on the books.

During President Obama's two terms, 33,149 inmates petitioned to have their sentences pardoned or commuted; 1,927 of those petitions were granted.

Farmers petitioned parliament to have them stopped.

And so he had not petitioned parliament.

She petitioned congressmen, senators and presidents.