Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] called for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the development of strong , authoritarian , state-like bodies , human control over arid and semi-arid areas was extended through irrigation works , whose construction and maintenance called for an organization which Wittfogel ( 1957 , p.136 ) characterized as ‘ benevolent in form and oppressive in content . ’ |
| 2 | In May 1972 the Minister of State for Information , Broadcasting and Tourism called for a complete ‘ rethink ’ about the role of television in the country . |
| 3 | As in the first round [ see p. 37840 ] , Walesa argued primarily for an acceleration of the government 's reform programme in order to avert social unrest , and Tyminski called for even more radical free-market measures . |
| 4 | After the 1915 offensives , the troops had come to believe that if Pétain called for an attack there must be some point to it , that it would not be a senseless sacrifice of lives in the way of those over-ambitious generals , out to gain recognition from the conquest at any price of a few yards of enemy trench . |
| 5 | Coal and Power called for an integrated and rationalized scheme for power , a follow up to the Liberal Manifesto of 1923 which suggested that coal and power supplies should be placed under the control of a public board presided over by a minister . |
| 6 | Because arbitration called for personal authority , tact , and understanding , some princes — Hugh of Burgundy , Robert II of Flanders — achieved a high reputation which attracted many disputes to their court . |