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Example sentences for: petition

How can you use “petition” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The lobbying effort has yielded a bill that, if passed, will let Schering-Plough petition a special review board to extend the patent for another three years, thus preventing cheaper generic versions of the drug from being sold.
But does equal justice exist only for those with means to petition the courts?
A link to a campaign-finance petition underscores McCain's reformist position.
According to a report in The Times [30 October 1987], “Nearly 3,000 people have signed a petition urging Mr Kenneth Baker, Secretary of State for Education and Science, to make grammar, including syntax, compulsory to `encourage the clear and accurate expression of meaning.
Based on such a petition, the Administrator may by regulation make affected EGUs subject to the requirement to hold allowances starting the third year after the first year (starting 2013) when the Administrator makes such a determination.