Sentence examples for call to lessen from inspiring English sources

Scorsese is one of many Hollywood figures to have put their weight behind a call to lessen the impact of gun violence.

Samaras said it was clear fiscal adjustment would take more than two years, as initially agreed with lenders, repeating a pre-election call to lessen the pain of austerity by getting the troika to extend the period to four years.

A new phone service called Simulring aims to lessen such headaches.

Current and projected future scenarios call for optimal efforts to lessen the vulnerability of human populations to extreme climatic events.

He reiterated OPEC's call on consumer nations to revise their tax systems to address what he called "exceptional circumstances," so as to lessen the burden of high prices.

In Pennsylvania yesterday, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a $30 billion plan to lessen the mortgage foreclosure crisis.

Yet many politicians have been calling for the federal government to lessen the role it plays in the mortgage market, even if the first steps prove painful.

Calls for a cut in taxes to lessen the rises have been ignored, despite Britain having the highest fuel levies in Europe.

Building an on-campus hockey arena, which Alberts called nonnegotiable, and generating more revenue to lessen reliance on the university for athletic funding.

The results, posted on Mr. Carr's Web site ScoutingNY.com, were a sensation — so much so that Mr. Spinner asked that they be taken off the site to lessen the deluge of calls to his cellphone.

Sun spots do not usually call for medical treatment, though some cosmetic procedures exist to lessen their appearance.