Sentence examples for plea for less from inspiring English sources

They tried to get me to plea for less time, but I would never confess, especially to something like that".

Turning to domestic politics, Hagel echoed Obama's State of the Union plea for less rancour and mutual suspicion during the election campaign.

You could read the whole film as a reactionary plea for less transparency — for agents toiling so far below the surface of civil society, on our behalf, that we should not insult them with petty requests that they remain accountable.

Lansley cited the introduction of nutritious lunches after the Jamie's School Dinners series in 2005 in a plea for less "lecturing" on lifestyle and more personal responsibility to tackle public health problems such as obesity and smoking.

You could read the whole film as a reactionary plea for less transparency for agents toiling so far below the surface of civil society, on our behalf, that we should not insult them with petty requests that they remain accountable.

The Turner prize judges yesterday ignored pleas for less of the "pretentious, craftless tat" that is conceptual art, and shortlisted four left-field artists, none of whom is a painter.

The SEC did bend to some industry pleas for less onerous rules.

Equality California issued an online plea for donations less than an hour after the court's decision was announced.

But he also rejected the plea for a less severe sentence by Mr. Cianci's lawyer, Richard M. Egbert, who argued that Mr. Cianci was an accomplished and admirable mayor, whose good works included a pasta sauce business, Mayor's Own Marinara Sauce, which applies some of its proceeds to scholarships.

The tragic tale of Representative Charles Rangel's ethics violations has ended with a deserved vote of censure by his peers in the House, despite the once powerful lawmaker's pleas for a less humiliating reprimand.

The book includes a plea for a "future less consumed by the poisonous politics of recent years", although Chalmers hasn't himself been immune from the rough and tumble of political life.