Sentence examples for called for a decrease from inspiring English sources

Citing a "current structural deficit" of $2.5 million to $3 million, it called for a decrease in the annual expense budget to $9.5 million from about $12 million.

He opposed government investment in capital works as a means of generating employment and stimulating the economy during the Depression, and called for a decrease in dairy production within the state on the basis that it was more efficient to import from interstate, where rainfall was higher and grazing was more effective.

Around the same time, the Association of American Medical Colleges and several medical schools issued policy statements calling for a decrease in the influence of industry in education.

He is also calling for a decrease in corporate taxes and a new carbon tax.

Huntsman aggressively touted himself as a fiscal conservative, with an economic plan which the Wall Street Journal labeled "impressive", as well as a foreign policy moderate, calling for a decrease in defense spending and withdrawal from Afghanistan, while increasing pressure on Iran and support for Israel.

He also calls for a decreased emphasis on national boundaries for both the sources of public health funding as well as treatment.

The mayor's short-term forecast was more dire: It called for a 7.5percentt decrease in the gross city product this year and an additional 1.3percentt shrinkage in 2009.

On a recent trip to Afghanistan, Defence Secretary Robert Gates called for a "modest" decrease of about 3,000 troops but many lawmakers in Washington are calling for as many as 30,000 to be home by Christmas.

Led by the U.S. and Australia, the Sydney Declaration reaffirmed members' commitment to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and called for a 25% decrease by 2030 in 2005 levels of energy consumed per unit of gross domestic product.

The budget calls for a slight decrease in the general fund tax and about a 2percentt rise in the police fund tax in areas served by county police.

The deal calls for a 30 percent decrease in the price Ukraine pays for Russian gas, and guaranteed purchases over 10 years.