Sentence examples for group solicited from inspiring English sources

The group solicited volunteers, and in the spring of 1991, they planted 400 trees.

For example the US Cigarette Export Association, a tobacco industry lobby group, solicited support from the US government to threaten trade sanctions against South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Thailand unless they opened their domestic markets to US tobacco products [ 104].

In 2005, the Design Trust for Public Space, a nonprofit group, solicited ideas from high-end design companies about how to reimagine the taxi experience.

On its Web site, the group says its mission is to promote the spread of Islam, and the group solicits money from the public.

"She has a lot of fans among our membership, and they're very aware of the fact she's one of the boldest leaders out there," said Adam Green of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, a liberal group soliciting donations for a draft fund that would be transferred to Ms. Warren should she run.

Although average Germans cannot play the game TVM, a well-known venture-capital group, solicits a minimum investment of DM1m, while APAX requires DM5m richer Germans now have little difficulty finding ways to bet on small companies.Second, German strengths in industries such as biotechnology and advanced engineering are spawning interesting companies.

Mr. Colbert, the Comedy Central television host, has made jokes at the expense of super PACs for months — forming his own group, soliciting money for it, then running an ad that featured Buddy Roemer, a long-shot candidate who has criticized the Supreme Court decision that allows the existence of the free-spending PACs so long as they do not explicitly coordinate with candidates.

The National Employment Law Project, a worker advocacy group, solicits worker emails through its UnemployedWorkers.org website.

It began more simply as a website and Facebook group soliciting pen pals for prisoners who submit a picture, a bio, and a fee.

It is true that in many cities, there is a group of donors who have been so loyal and generous to the arts that every arts group solicits these donors first.

A third group soliciting for gluten challenge are the (older) children who deny the diagnosis because they experience no adverse effects when consuming gluten-containing snacks.