Example sentences of "[noun sg] call on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Velma called on Monday , erm , because I rang her up on Sunday to tell her what was happening , cos I mean she did n't know it , we signed our contract and erm I said to her well if we get a date this week , I said could , cos she 's going back to Wales tomorrow , she wo n't be back till after Easter |
| 2 | The CSCE accord called on " participating states concerned to conclude , without delay , appropriate bilateral agreements , including timetables , for the easy , orderly and complete withdrawal of such foreign troops from the territories of the Baltic States " [ see also p. 38926 ] . |
| 3 | Current regulations on safety are dismissed as ‘ woefully inadequate ’ and the association calls on drivers to boycott models if manufacturers fail to make safety a priority . |
| 4 | The Recommendation calls on Member States to introduce rules for the admissibility of electronic records and limit requirements for the storage of records to a maximum of ten years . |
| 5 | Wing John Timu was one of the four All Blacks in the Otago XV , North Harbour called on another six , as did Waikato , who had already upset Otago 47–13 , while North Auckland has as their captain Ian Jones , New Zealand 's most recent All Black of the Year . |
| 6 | Another college calls on local parish organists and music group leaders to help with occasional workshops . |
| 7 | Also at the United Nations , the President called on the Soviet Union to reduce its stocks immediately to 20 per cent of the current US arsenal , which is unofficial estimated to be 30,000 tons . |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure she wo n't mind a total stranger calling on her ? ’ asked Melissa doubtfully as she took the proffered piece of paper . |
| 9 | On his way home from Asia Minor Stephen Lazarević called on the Byzantine emperor , Manuel II Paleologus , who conferred on the Serbian leader the title of despot . |
| 10 | Mrs. Mary Campbell of Boquhan , a lady with important political connections in the town of Stirling , sent Drummond with her letter of recommendation to call on Lord Milton , the intermediary through whom much of the Duke of Argyll 's patronage was distributed . |
| 11 | Law called on Baldwin with the news . |
| 12 | Doctor the medical expert called on behalf of the defendant , had discussed the question of future care in a visit he made to the plaintiff 's hou home in July this year . |
| 13 | The research publication calls on a number of representative bodies , including the London Stock Exchange , the Financial Reporting Council , the ASB , the Urgent Issues Task Force and the Auditing Practices Board , to consider how they should respond to environmental issues . |
| 14 | The Committee called on industry , commerce , the education services , religious and statutory bodies , and voluntary organizations to aid it in its task . |
| 15 | The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives judiciary committee called on July 10 for the appointment of a special prosecutor ( independent counsel ) to investigate the possibility that senior members of the Bush administration had contravened the law in providing military assistance to Iraq in the period prior to its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 , and had then sought to conceal the evidence through a cover-up . |
| 16 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |
| 17 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 18 | It is important that fieldwork should be properly supervised and that is why all professional research agencies get their field supervisors to make check calls on people who have been included in a sample and why fieldworkers should always have someone to turn to if they have any doubts or are in any difficulties . |
| 19 | On the Middle East , the Council called on Israel to respect Palestinian rights , noting that the recent " tragic events " in Jerusalem [ see p. 37760 ] showed once again that the status quo in the occupied territories was unsustainable . |
| 20 | On the Soviet Union , the European Council calls on the republics to respect the rights of minorities , to implement international agreements on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation , to control and secure their nuclear weapons , and to honour their obligations in respect of the Soviet Union 's external debt . |
| 21 | In a recent large UK search the company in question called on five of the major search firms , and invited them all in to make a competitive pitch to decide who was going to be successful at finding them a group chief executive . |
| 22 | You may be asked to make telephone calls on behalf of your employer — for example , to order goods from the wholesaler . |
| 23 | It is telephone calls on Report and letters in Committee . |
| 24 | Alan Milburn , Labour 's Parliamentary candidate for Darlington , said he would be writing to the RHA calling on management to halt further moves towards purchasing consortiums . |
| 25 | A senior fireman called on ‘ people in high places ’ to knock the street down after crews attended six blazes last weekend , probably started by vandals . |
| 26 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 27 | Hurtado called on the re-contras to surrender their weapons to an OAS committee . |
| 28 | In its report , The Fight Against Fraud ( HL Paper 44 , HMSO , £6.60 ) , the Committee calls on the Commission to draw up a specific action programme for the Council of Ministers to consider , setting out the times by which each element is to be completed and requiring that progress reports , accompanied by a report from the Court of Auditors , should be submitted to the European and national Parliaments . |
| 29 | The military called on all citizens ‘ to share our concern for securing peace and to support our efforts for this . |
| 30 | The military called on all citizens ‘ to share our concern for securing peace and to support our efforts for this . |