Sentence examples for plea directed at from inspiring English sources

They are not a plaintive plea directed at him for our acceptance, on our own behalf.

There is something ludicrous about the well-meaning plea, directed at the British government, to harangue Narendra Modi.

That unsolicited plea directed at Barbra Streisand was delivered in a thick Brooklyn accent in a 1981 documentary called "I Remember Barbra".

The plea – directed at police forces in Britain and Ireland – was made at the end of a six-week hearing that resulted in a jury on Friday ruling that a botched warning call in advance of the attacks caused or contributed to the deaths.

"The NHS is at the most challenged time of its existence," they warn in a plea directed at David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg, none of whom has yet set out how they would ease the strains on the NHS after next year's election.

With the help of his mom, Brynjar used that creativity to make this charming video plea directed at the people at Lego.

And despite recent pleas directed at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh from British members of Parliament urging him to reconsider the project, news of the plant's progress builds by the day.

The belief that the average fan is basically part of team management underlies a lot of suspect (but increasingly normalized) behavior: closely watching high school athletes who aren't your son ("scouting"), simulating 20 seasons in Madden ("projecting"), and calling into sports radio shows with desperate pleas directed at free agent athletes ("recruiting").

The belief that the average fan is basically part of team management underlies a lot of suspect (but increasingly normalized) behavior: Closely watching high school athletes who aren't your son ("scouting"), simulating 20 seasons in Madden ("projecting"), and calling into sports radio shows with desperate pleas directed at free agent athletes ("recruiting").

"The [guilty] plea was directed at keeping him from getting a life sentence," said Rosen.

Mr. Hammerle was referring to acronyms for environmental studies required by federal and state authorities, and his plea was directed at the National Park Service, which runs the Lands to Parks program and which last month rejected the findings of an environmental analysis paid for by the town.