Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] called [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Defence counsel called in psychologist Olive Tunstall to give an independent opinion . |
| 2 | I myself , not having much knowledge of computer electronics called for the services of a professional Computer Engineer , after explaining the symptoms he gave the PC a thorough check , he then informed me no fault could be found but suggested that as the problem was intermittent and the PC was somewhat old , it could be susceptible to noise not conducted but radiated at some external source , Radio Frequency Interference ( R.F.I. ) . |
| 3 | The 1989 defence budget called for 1.7 per cent growth in spending to 11.75 billion lei ( approximately £500 million — Britain 's defence budget in the same period was £19.2 billion ) , but this is insufficient for the armed forces ' perceived needs . |
| 4 | On Feb. 13 up to 50,000 demonstrators outside the CP headquarters called for the deportation of Armenian refugees from Dushanbe ( the authorities insisted that fewer than 40 Armenians had arrived in the city , not thousands as rumoured , and that all had been housed with relatives ) , for the dismissal of the republic 's leadership , and for better job prospects and housing and environmental protection . |
| 5 | The ceasefire broke down within hours , however , and the Croatian Defence Ministry called on the population to mobilize for a " very long defensive campaign " . |
| 6 | The National Co-ordination Committee of Opposition Groups called for a day of civil disobedience on April 15 and for a general strike — " Operation dead cities " — on April 18 and 19 , which appeared to be widely observed . |
| 7 | In the context of political campaigning for parliamentary elections to be held on Oct. 13 , opposition groups called for the banning of the Bulgarian Communist Party and other hardline groups which did support the Soviet coup . |
| 8 | Despite a warning that the government would act " immediately and resolutely " if the unrest continued , there were further protests in Seoul and elsewhere in the ensuing days as a coalition of student and dissidents groups called for the overthrow of the Roh government . |
| 9 | At the end a section of the Coleraine fans called for the resignation of manager Billy Sinclair . |
| 10 | On June 11 in Sofia , after the first round of elections , as many as 100,000 students and opposition supporters called for fresh elections to be held . |
| 11 | Opposition parties called for stricter curbs on pollution . |
| 12 | The de Vitto report on the social charter action programme called for the commission to carry out a survey into legislation and practices that discriminated on the grounds of age and to take measures to guarantee equal treatment for elderly people . |
| 13 | The opposition CDS called on Alfonso Guerra , a close friend of the Prime Minister Felipe González , to accept " political responsibility " for the affair and resign . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The trunk lines called for stations of all sizes from small lean-to flag stations to large city termini . |
| 16 | Payments due in 1990 and up to March 1991 were rescheduled over 14 years with an eight-year grace period , and the Paris Club governments called on commercial banks to make an equally exceptional response to Poland 's needs , as well as to keep closely under review the country 's likely rescheduling needs for the period after March 1991 . |
| 17 | Yeah , we were also er notified of a , a liaison meeting called by the District Council . |
| 18 | TWO gunmen shot dead a leading opponent of the Iranian government in Rome yesterday and other Iranian opposition figures called on the Italian authorities to close Iran 's embassy and arrest its ambassador . |
| 19 | It was put repeatedly to the psychologist witnesses called by the defence that whatever the tests might say those present could form as good an impression of Mr X 's intelligence from observing his behaviour in the witness box . |
| 20 | Opposition leaders called on the two ministers at the ministry of justice to resign . |
| 21 | Other opposition leaders called for foreign observers to monitor the elections . |
| 22 | Opposition leaders called for an investigation after Namaliu , who had been trailing 1,600 votes behind rival candidate Oscar Tammur at an early stage of the count , secured victory following an unexplained power blackout while the final ballot boxes were being processed . |
| 23 | Sotheby 's can ill afford to have its auction prices called into question . |
| 24 | On April 16 the United States government called on both countries to " take immediate steps to reduce the tension " . |
| 25 | A spatial data program called from the tablet allows these angular changes to be identified for each frame by generating three digitized points which give the origin and the existing link point and its desired new position . |
| 26 | So that even when suspicions had been roused and blood tests called for , Marie was convinced the baby she was nurturing was her own . |
| 27 | Other Opposition MPs called for the Ombudsman to investigate the issue and for Mr Robert Jackson , higher education minister and the scheme 's author , to resign . |
| 28 | Opposition politicians called for the dissolution of parliament and the holding of fresh elections . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The Dispatch led with the headline : ‘ Teacher and the Girls She Told ’ , and carried a picture of the wicked Miss Outram surrounded by her innocent young charges , while The Derbyshire Times called for the Board of Education to step in to arbitrate . |