Sentence examples for called for lessening from inspiring English sources

Joe Clark, the former prime minister, who is a member of the current Parliament and the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, recently called for lessening penalties for using marijuana.

has called for lessening marijuana penalties and evangelical media titan Pat Robertson has announced his support for outright legalization.

One such is that a great deal of the corruption seemingly endemic in China can be traced to family ties, and hence calls for lessening those ties are becoming increasingly common both inside the country and beyond.

He called again for lessening the state's harsh mandatory sentences for drug crimes, a hot issue among minority voters.

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

If you do slip on ice or have another type of accident, you will be able to quickly call for assistance and lessen the risks of getting hypothermia.

War hawks in the U.S. called for an invasion of Canada to punish the British Empire and to lessen the threat to American interests represented by the Native Americans.

All called for more study of these and other options that will limit patients' exposure to the drugs and lessen complication rates.

A review of competition laws, headed by Prof Ian Harper, called for the prohibition to be expanded to include actions that would be likely to "have the effect" of substantially lessening competition.

Shaw lost the ball, and Harris was called for an unsportsmanlike penalty, a play that's likely to be analyzed and debated as college football looks to lessen concussions.

The ACCC called for greater transparency of gas contracts and consideration of whether joint marketing by one of the largest suppliers, the Gippsland Basin joint venture, had substantially lessened competition.