Sentence examples for called on powers from inspiring English sources

During the assembly's session, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the conflict in Syria had become a "proxy war" and called on powers to overcome their rivalries in an effort to end the violence.

He will be called on to anchor the power play, set up Gaborik and deny time and space to Ottawa's high-scoring defenseman, Erik Karlsson.

He predicts that once Westerners are less obviously present, the insurgents will lose much of their will to fight.However he also calls on "powers in the region" who share a fear of extremism and violent radicals—he means mainly India, that "tested and tried friend"—to step partly into America's shoes.

The Reagans weren't alone in calling on unorthodox powers for guidance.

It can also issue a notice of insufficient system margin, calling on power firms to increase the amount of energy they make available.

He invited Obama and the Republicans to meet in Tehran to hash out their differences and called on world powers to force the two bitter foes to the bargaining table, adding, "It is time to stop the madness".

Meanwhile, Sweden, Ireland and Austria have been the most consistent and vocal in calling on all the nuclear powers to reduce their stockpiles.

Western powers and aid groups have also urged Myanmar to increase its involvement, and called on regional powers to do more.

Ms. Bosworth did her best to warm them up by calling on all of Brando's powers of temptation.

Lavrov called on Western powers to back a proposal for a "federal" structure in Ukraine.

President Robert Mugabe today called on Western powers to leave his embattled government alone, warning he would respond to pressure by ratcheting up hostility toward whites in the country.