Sentence examples for to be petitioned from inspiring English sources

There will be painful cuts in the coming months: does he want to be petitioned about each one, earning him responsibility for all of them?

This appears to be one of the first instances in the country where a district attorney has not just waited to be petitioned, but has taken the initiative in searching for cases where DNA tests had not been performed originally and where it could change a verdict, or possibly a life.

Ironically, Inari also began to be petitioned for good health; they are credited with curing such diverse afflictions as coughs, toothaches, broken bones, and syphilis.

Local government can also be petitioned to entice "anchor stores" or big chain stores into the area with tax incentives.

After being petitioned to bring Broken Sword to the Wii and Nintendo DS, Charles Cecil and Revolution decided to create a director's cut.

When, in 1975, the Fed was petitioned to make its actions and deliberations public, it went so far as to defend its right to secrecy in court.

The F.D.A. had been petitioned to ban the drug in 1978 and 2006 by the Health Research Group of Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy organization based in Washington.

Recently, EPA has been petitioned to remove all refuge requirements.

The U.S. Supreme Court has been petitioned to hear an appeal brought forward by the state of Kentucky.

M. dilatata, M. flabellata, and M. patula and 80 other scleractinian corals were petitioned to be listed under the US Endangered Species Act (ESA), which would have major conservation implications.

For several reasons, including the fact that the U.S. EPA estimated the impact from only a single pathway for methylmercury toxicity, the U.S. EPA was petitioned to reconsider CAMR.