Sentence examples for called for preserving from inspiring English sources

A 2003 preliminary redevelopment study called for preserving the murals but without indicating how or where.

Then William Clay Ford Jr, a great-grandson of Ford's founder, was named chairman and called for "preserving history, not paving over it".

Only 9percentt said their top priority would be to put off reductions in garbage pickups, and only 7percentt called for preserving library hours.

When Mr. Bloomberg unveiled his budget plan in May, he called for preserving the 7percentt reduction in the property tax rate, but he conceded it might have to be reversed for 2010.

Despite the darkening economic picture, Mr. Bloomberg called for preserving a popular $400 property tax rebate and a 7percentt reduction in the property tax rate, although he said he expected that the city would have to raise property taxes by July 2009.

Robert M. Gates, a former CIA chief and secretary of Defense, also called for preserving the nuclear deal.

But the recycling program was a City Council initiative, and council members and environmentalists have joined forces to call for preserving the program while it is overhauled to make it more efficient.

Although few would disagree that new houses -- mostly costly second homes -- are increasingly devouring vacant land, developers say that zoning in the town's agricultural areas, on which the master plan update focuses, already calls for preserving up to 65percentt of open space.

Wilson, in his most recent book, Half Earth, calls for preserving half of the planet for the other species.

At issue is a conflict between labor laws that call for preserving collective bargaining agreements and bankruptcy laws that allow a judge to reorganize a business to keep it in operation.

The union is urging the Supreme Court to review and reverse that ruling, arguing the labor laws call for preserving collective bargaining agreements, even if they expire during a bankruptcy.