Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] call [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
| 2 | Perhaps the majority of the " workhouses " still so called in the last third of the eighteenth century were in no real sense distinguishable from " poorhouses " , that is from places where the impotent poor , through age or infirmity , could be lodged either until death or more temporarily . |
| 3 | Sympathetic to Germany , hostile to the entente with France , and unmoved by Belgium 's plight , he campaigned for neutrality in 1914 , and , as soon as this effort failed , launched the Union of Democratic Control , which opposed annexationist war aims and later also called for a negotiated peace . |
| 4 | Staff training stressed service and advice rather than aggressive selling , and people found the Board shops ( or ‘ service centres ’ as they were rather coyly called before the 1960s ) helpful on matters such as fixing plugs , and advice on safety , reliability , running costs and brand choice . |
| 5 | The kidnappers will quite possibly call off the whole operation . ’ |
| 6 | Thereafter , the latter , which was the more directly threatened by invaders , could no longer call upon the stronger military forces of the former . |