Example sentences of "[adv] call [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It can be interpreted more narrowly as merely calling for an incidental adjustment in the form of an annotation of the present birth register . |
| 2 | It was the plentiful supply of ‘ fixed air ’ ( carbon dioxide was so called in the 18th century ) above the vats that held his attention . |
| 3 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 4 | Johnny Winter 's in town to promote his new album ‘ Hey , Where 's Your Brother ? ’ , so called after the eternal question hurled from the audience at gigs . |
| 5 | 1969–73 — underground gay , Latin and black parties , playing eclectic mixes of danceable ‘ party music ’ , so called after the massed chants of Paaaarty ! |
| 6 | Jeff was obviously calling from a public place . |
| 7 | The melodic line must stand out with the greatest power and clarity in our arrangement , and obviously calls for a great sweep of strings . |
| 8 | Louis Blom-Cooper , QC in the Listener , Bernard Levin in the Observer , Leo Abse , MP in the Spectator all called for an immediate inquiry , while Julian Symons in the Sunday Times , C. H. Rolph in the Times Literary Supplement , Mervyn Jones in the New Statesman all declared categorically that Meehan was innocent and should be granted a free pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy . |
| 9 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
| 10 | It would only call fur a small diversion from the direct route from Stanley to McMurdo Sound to give him a glimpse of the Ice Shelf and the area where Shackleton 's Endurance was beset and finally sunk . ’ |
| 11 | Thus , how Gorbachev finally called for a free market , free elections and freedom from the Soviet Republics that want to leave the Union . |
| 12 | ‘ Not called at a bad moment , have I ? ’ |
| 13 | In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time . |
| 14 | This seems to be the view of Lord Donaldson , that truly sagacious Master of the Rolls , who has just called for a new corps of paralegal ‘ civil justices ’ to get people like me off the hook . |
| 15 | Nevertheless calls for a congressional inquiry into the October Surprise allegations increased throughout the month as further circumstantial evidence was uncovered . |
| 16 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 17 | Therefore , Jaq would not call in a Marine unit to assist him . |
| 18 | America can already call on a vast network of information on Northern Ireland affairs , provided by its consular service here and embassies in London and Dublin . |
| 19 | They thus called for a managerial policy to facilitate promotion earlier in life , linked to flexible retirement wherever possible . |
| 20 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 21 | Yet many on the left in Israel still called for a Palestinian homeland while guaranteeing Israel 's security . |
| 22 | ( 1 ) It can move itself and has biological needs ( not just for food and warmth and the like , but the need to use its faculties — Functionlust as it was once called by a German psychologist ) . |
| 23 | One of the bodies which strongly challenged the costs — the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy ( CIPFA ) — yesterday called for a new study of the costings . |
| 24 | AGE CONCERN Scotland yesterday called for a public debate on methods of restraint applied to frail elderly people cared for in residential homes or by relatives . |
| 25 | LITHUANIA 'S leader , Mr Algirdas Brazauskas , yesterday called for a united front to establish statehood at the opening of a crucial congress of the republic 's Communist Party . |
| 26 | THE National Front leader , Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen , yesterday called for the mass expulsion of coloured immigrants as the government announced emergency integration measures . |
| 27 | The new system is to be sustained by a single super-power which , even if officially bankrupt , can still call on the financial resources of its wealthy clients and allies to support its global security activities . |
| 28 | The kidnappers will quite possibly call off the whole operation . ’ |
| 29 | First division sides receive around £13,500 Courage assistance , but Sudbury and Askeans have successfully called for a new look at the way the money is divided . |
| 30 | Innocent unsuccessfully called upon the French king in 1208 , after the murder of his legate , Peter of Castelnau , to lead a crusade against the southern French heretics . |