"advocate" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He advocated unsuccessfully for having no bridge tolls.
- During his two terms, he was instrumental in installing a traffic-signal system on Wilshire Boulevard and unsuccessfully advocated legislation for public nurses in parochial schools.
- Diego Lopez, amongst others opposed this plan and advocated unsuccessfully for an attack on Gibraltar.
- Williams advocated unsuccessfully that women's property not be subject to their husband's debts.
- Willard went to the south to advocate unsuccessfully for his release, and became despised by southerners who accused him of having a secret involvement in the raid.
- As governor Campbell unsuccessfully advocated creation of a statewide system of compulsory education.
- The group unsuccessfully advocated for a bottle bill in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s that would require a deposit on all beverage containers.
- Several School Board members unsuccessfully advocated for a higher tax increase to build a larger reserve.
- Some Patriots unsuccessfully advocated declaring war on Portugal, which was then allied to England.
- These losses are historic places that Baltimore Heritage unsuccessfully advocated for preservation.
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