Example sentences of "[pron] call [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detailed analysis is ignored in favour of a sustained defence of " realism " in literature : " I call for a return to reality " , Aragon repeats six times in as many pages . " |
| 2 | Needs on occasion are identified which call for a sharp break with previous practice , or for a new genus of weapon altogether ( such as the ICBM , Galosh ABM , particle beam weapons ) . |
| 3 | They point to universality of demand which range from those of socio-political and economic systems to those which embrace the importance of communication and technology and , further , which call for a balance of those requirements of society which are rational , moral , aesthetic and belief-centred ( Lawton 1986 ) . |
| 4 | If you do have a door telephone entry system , do n't ‘ buzz open ’ the main door for strangers who call with a plausible excuse . |
| 5 | Nabi Berri , leader of the Shia organization Amal and currently a Cabinet member , said on Aug. 18 that a postponement was undesirable and that " those who call for a postponement are also targeting the Taif accord " . |
| 6 | You can pick up a complimentary copy when you call for a meal or a drink . |
| 7 | You can reckon on spending several thousand pounds for a typical house — especially if you call in a firm to fit the windows — but you will at least ensure that your windows are the best that money can buy . |
| 8 | The first was that a case such as the present was so rare that it could not of itself call for a fundamental reformulation of the underlying principle — a point which I find unimpressive , when I consider that our task is essentially to do justice between the parties in the particular case before us . |
| 9 | ‘ We call for a priority to be given immediately to new legislation which will actively facilitate the re-entry into our society of those at present disadvantaged within it . ’ |
| 10 | Chairman I have an amendment to that motion , because , because I believe it 's important that we start to identify a lot of councils publish at the end of the year for public consumption a list of the allowances drawn by members , and I think that would be very useful and I would make , as an amendment , I would , would add to the proposal put by Mr that we call for a report to be pu er , to be presented to us of the amounts of allowances drawn by members , each member |
| 11 | They call for a review of the procedures , noting no proper guidance on sanctions against contractors and that the ministry , the Scottish Office and the Welsh Office have all had problems ‘ recovering any significant proportion of the costs of remedial work . ’ |
| 12 | They call for a five-year programme to knit together the nation 's best brains in computers , with the taxpayer contributing two thirds of the total bill of £350 million . |
| 13 | That was perhaps best defined by a Manchester committee : " They call in a sense of religious obligation to the aid of industry . " |