"coalition" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- On the day it was to take effect, the law was suspended when a coalition of conservative religious groups petitioned for a referendum.
- When Southern Baptist missionaries turned their attention to Chicago four years ago, a coalition of several local religious groups petitioned them to stay away.
- The company was appointed after the coalition petitioned the court to strip the public housing agency of its authority.
- A coalition of yellow cab fleets petitioned City Hall yesterday for an average 27 percent increase in taxi fares, the first rise in almost six years.
- Later last year, another coalition of community organizers successfully petitioned to have a question on the ballot asking voters if they wanted city-owned waterfront property to be saved for a park.
- To close those loopholes, a coalition of attorneys general in nine states, from New York to Wyoming, petitioned the F.D.A. last May to issue new regulations.
- A coalition of women's rights groups has petitioned Gov. Booth Gardner of Washington to review the cases of 65 women in prison for killing or assaulting men who had battered them.
- In 2000, a broad coalition of scientists petitioned the White House to create a national system of MPAs to improve conservation of the nation's marine ecosystems, cultural resources, and fisheries.
- The museum was granted $18.6 million by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts after a public/private coalition petitioned the state government to support the project.
- In 2000, a coalition of 53 environmental advocacy groups petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take regulatory action to address pollution by cruise ships.
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