The petition contains several points of difficulty for the reader unfamiliar with history.

One reason he fell short was that a volunteer walked off with a petition containing 650 signatures.

A petition containing at least half a million signatures of Czech citizens.

He remained in prison until 1435, and a curious petition contains the terms of his ransom.

A third petition, containing 1,117 signatures, was tabled on 29 March 2012.

In Beijing, they presented government officials with petitions containing hundreds of signatures.

There they drew up a petition containing a protest against the enforcement of the placards.

All of the Green candidates were denied ballot access when the party turned in petitions containing 10,000 signatures.

According to the judge's law clerk, she has received scores of telephone calls, more than 500 letters and petitions containing about 1,500 signatures.

The petition should contain a full history and background to the company, together with an overview of its initial trading history.