Sentence examples for were petitioning for from inspiring English sources

Precisely for these reasons, it's worth remembering the obstacles faced by the men who led the movement, the malevolent skepticism with which they were regarded by not only the forces of segregation but official establishment they were petitioning for redress.

When the neo-creos go public -- as they did recently in a hearing before the Ohio Board of Education, which they were petitioning for equal time in the classroom with Darwinism -- they do not stake any obviously foolish claims.

"It's not for me to tell you to be patient any more than it was for others to counsel patience to African-Americans werewere petitioning for equal rights a half-century ago.

The young man, apparently an attorney, was telling Carter about a suit he was preparing to file demanding that the city of Columbus allow Negroes to play on the municipal golf course, and about one of the Columbus Negroes who were petitioning for this — a physician named Thomas H. Brewer.

The Week's Best Quote Jon Stow says that you must adapt and change, or your business will die: "I hope I do not seem unkind, but this week I had one of those online petition e-mails from some booksellers who were petitioning for Amazon to pay more tax.

E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet Precisely for these reasons, it's worth remembering the obstacles faced by the men who led the movement, the malevolent skepticism with which they were regarded by not only the forces of segregation but official establishment they were petitioning for redress.

Rinse has been petitioning for an FM licence since 2007, organising an international petition.

The advocacy group Environment Texas is petitioning for SpaceX to abandon its Brownsville plans.

European law requires people to be physically present in the country they are petitioning for asylum.

That's why Google and other companies are petitioning for the right to disclose their participation.

"Though we've been petitioning for years, rather than an improvement the situation has deteriorated.