Sentence examples for formal petition for from inspiring English sources

So, the two housing authorities and the Association of Washington Housing Authorities made a formal petition for a rules change to the Department of Health.

The Spanish army's interest in the tank began near the end of World War I, when a formal petition for one Renault FT light tank was made to the French government on 28 October 1918.

When the union office asked for a formal petition from at least 20 workers, Mr. Liu produced 182 signatures instead.

The protest included signing a formal petition of protest; college administrators subsequently suspended everyone who refused to withdraw his name from the petition.

Late last year, the American Physical Society — the nation's largest group of physicists, with headquarters in Washington — submitted a formal petition to the commission for a rule change that would compel such risk assessments as a condition of licensing.

In a formal petition, the organizations called for tightening long-standing exemptions from the Clean Water Act that allow cruise ships to discharge untreated waste water from sinks, showers, laundries and galleys, known as gray water, wherever they choose and for revising rules on other discharges.

His first gesture is to place a formal petition on Claudius's desk asking for leave to return to Wittenberg: a request that is insultingly overlooked.

They sent a formal petition to Queen Victoria and the Prime Minister asking for protectorate status over the two kingdoms.

Newton presented a formal petition requesting that China "negotiate with... Nixon for the freedom of the oppressed peoples of the world".

This report will soon be followed by a formal petition against Egypt's handling of young Ibrahim's situation and request for Ibrahim's release.

A formal petition written to Gorbachev and senior leaders in Moscow asked for the unification of the enclave with Armenia, but the claim was rejected in the spring of 1988.