Example sentences of "[verb] and called for " in BNC.
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1 | I believe that had there been television in those days , the British cricket public would have been shocked by what they say and called for an early end to it all , irrespective of the rights and wrongs of Bodyline . |
2 | The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy called for the total rejection of any modification of the election timetable , while on Sept. 15 the National Alliance for Democracy ( AND ) , a grouping of about 40 political parties , demanded that the 12-month transition period be respected and called for a reshuffle of André Milongo 's transitional government . |
3 | Although no breakthrough was achieved in the discussions , the Japanese delegation offered its approval of North Korea 's signature of the safeguards accord and called for an early inspection of the country 's nuclear facilities . |
4 | The Chairman of the Sports Council , Peter Yarranton , concurred and called for the expansion of pay and play facilities to at least 30% of all future developments to allow ‘ sport for all ’ . |
5 | The lad in the leather kicked , struggled and called for mercy . |
6 | During a visit to Jordan on Jan. 10 , Farouq Qaddumi , who was appointed to the foreign affairs portfolio of the Palestinian government-in-exile in April 1989 [ see p. 36536 ] , said that the Baker plan had failed and called for a meeting of the Palestine National Council ( PNC , the Palestinian parliament-in-exile ) to discuss future strategy . |