Sentence examples for called on behalf of from inspiring English sources

In some cases, publicists or agents called on behalf of their clients.

James Carville, once an adviser to President Bill Clinton, called on behalf of Louisiana.

(In 2005, long before the crisis, I called, on behalf of the ECB's governing council, for appropriate surveillance of a number of national indicators, including unit labour costs).

There was an assistant to a famous designer, who called on behalf of her boss for four tickets instead of two, just to land a pair for herself.

Past mayors have been called on behalf of plaintiffs, prosecutors and defendants, as character witnesses, occasionally as defendants and, in Mr. Bloomberg's case, as the victim of what the Manhattan district attorney maintains was the theft of $1 million in campaign money by a political consultant.

'From a sociological point of view, it made quite a difference,' says Goatley, a pleasant and thoughtful family man settling easily into his sofa at home but a vastly different man from the 37-year-old relative innocent who happened to be duty lawyer that Saturday night, 10 years back, when they called on behalf of Rose.

People who may not qualify themselves, can call on behalf of a loved one or neighbour who they think may be eligible.

If you just ask for X Company (the company the telemarketer is calling on behalf of) to stop calling you, that will stop just one company from calling.

I am calling on behalf of the Home Team".

"Good evening, [brightly] I'm calling on behalf of Southampton Conservative and Ratepayer Association.

We are calling, on behalf of our clients, for the policy to be struck down.