1.   The cards will be supported later this month by a formal petition to be presented to Parliament by local MP Elfyn Llwyd.

2.   Eleven conservation groups filed a formal petition in May with the National Marine Fisheries Service, an agency of NOAA, to have the pod of orcas protected.

3.   Elias said Behring is intent on filing a formal petition with the league to relocate the team.

4.   EXTRA BASES Pitcher Rick Reed of the New York Mets once again filed a formal petition to join the players association last week.

5.   Nevertheless, Consumers Union has issued a formal petition calling on Quackenbush to investigate excessive profits and rates of insurance companies.

6.   They plan to present him with a formal petition on Monday requesting that the inauguration be delayed.

7.   Embassy spokesman Claude Young said that for the moment, the ambassador had not received any formal petition from the NAACP.

8.   Embassy spokesman Claude Young said that the ambassador had not received any formal petition from the NAACP.

9.   Indian courts often take such letters from citizens as formal petitions or suits.

10.   It was not a formal petition requesting an investigation.