Sentence examples for pleas both from inspiring English sources

Mr Hammond made one of the closing speeches in a marathon 10-hour debate on the issue in the House of Commons today, when MPs from all parties made passionate pleas both for and against the Government proposal.

Despite pleas both from states and many economists, it appears that Congress will enter its August recess without passing (a previously thought of as inevitable) extension of enhanced Medicaid funds.

Bradley did not criticize the president-to-be, instead making a plea both for acceptance and for the American people to come together.

Yet according to Cohen's new guilty plea, both parties did in fact connect, with Cohen speaking to Peskov's assistant by phone for 20 minutes.

It made anodyne pleas to both sides to refrain from using force.

Handwringing pleas that both sides should enter into a binding ceasefire agreement have had no effect.

Amid the rallying cries and emotional pleas – with both Gordon Brown and David Cameron given strong speeches – there has been poison, pure and simple.

The debate ran the gamut from the tediously technical aspects of federal sentencing guidelines to emotional pleas from both sides.

At this stage, Geldof was receiving frequent pleas from both Curtis and Bono asking him to sanction a Live Aid II.

"We heard impassioned pleas from both sides," Mr. Herz said after the vote, "but the investing world will be better for this".

And now the House leadership, on whose watch 9/11 occurred, even ignores what you report as "last-minute pleas from both President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney" to allow a vote on the legislation.