Sentence examples for petition to secure from inspiring English sources

A petition to secure justice gathered more than 100,000 signatures and the Afghan government came under intense pressure from the international community to release him.

Chicago tried again, with a petition signed by 3.4 million schoolchildren, for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition and New York presented a petition to secure a visit from the bell for the 1939 New York World's Fair.

That loose network of lawyers, scholars and advocates has sought to use litigation, publicity and petitions to secure political and social rights.

The need for such an area became apparent when in 1989, after repeated attacks by haredim, activists belonging to a group called Women of the Wall petitioned to secure the right of women to pray at the wall without restrictions.

The opposition has announced that it plans to organize a petition campaign to secure 10 million signatures to press for the constitutional change.

No such danger for the Grade II-listed Barbican though, whose residents recently launched a petition to further secure its preservation with conservation-area status.

There is a consultation paper on the new legislation that anyone can comment on before 17 May and a petition to help secure affordable commercial insurance for IMs at epetitions.direct.gov.uk.direct.gov.uk

But in reality, many women have to petition for years to secure equal legal rights to their village lands.

California's counties had submitted to the state more than 1.3 million valid ballot petition signatures needed to secure the recall question a spot on a fall special election ballot, state and local officials said.

Silva was unable to establish her own party – the Sustainability Network – after a nationwide petition drive last year to secure the necessary signatures was controversially struck down by the electoral court.

Gutiérrez's announcement left potential candidates with just six days to collect the petition signatures needed to secure a place on the primary ballot in March.