Example sentences of "[noun sg] called for an " 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 | The committee called for an increased R&D effort and a more imaginative approach to research from government ( Hew Scientist , 10 March , p 634 ) . |
| 3 | He was replaced on an interim basis by his deputy , Faruq Dahruj , and the LCP central committee called for an extraordinary conference to discuss the party 's political plan and organizational structure , change the party 's name and elect a new leadership . |
| 4 | The Security Council plan called for an initial ceasefire followed by phased disarmament . |
| 5 | A political statement released by the PNC at the end of the session called for an international conference on the Middle East , under UN supervision , to be convened on the basis of UN Security Council Resolutions 242 ( 1967 — see pp. 22473 ; 25029 ; 34898 ) and 338 ( 1973 — see p. 26197 ) , and the guaranteeing of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people , of which the most important was " the right to self-determination " . |
| 6 | In the report , Amnesty called for an urgent review of the guidelines under which troops were permitted to open fire . |
| 7 | In January 1990 members of the European Parliament called for an immediate suspension of all scientific co-operation projects between Israel and the EC , amidst plans for a doubling of direct EC aid to the occupied territories to US$12,000,000 a year by 1992 [ see also p. 37627 ] . |
| 8 | On Nov. 22 the European Parliament called for an investigation into the activities of secret anti-communist organizations , especially Gladio , which , it said , had " escaped all democratic control " . |
| 9 | On Oct. 25 , 1990 , the European Parliament called for an immediate EC moratorium on tropical hardwood imports from Malaysia as result of the " catastrophic " deforestation in Sarawak , and also for the introduction of quotas for hardwood imports from other countries . |
| 10 | On the same day , Italy and Austria called for a meeting of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe [ see also p. 38314 ] ; the EC 's European Parliament called for an immediate meeting of CSCE foreign ministers ; and German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher proposed invocation of the CSCE emergency procedure agreed the previous week . |
| 11 | The European Parliament called for an independent inquiry and proposed an arms embargo on Indonesia . |
| 12 | Building upon the objective of improving the living and working conditions embodied in the Treaty of Rome , and consolidated in the SEA , both the Economic and Social Committee and the European Parliament called for an explicit political commitment to fundamental social rights . |
| 13 | The Orthodox Patriarch of Serbia and the Roman Catholic Primate of Croatia appealed for peace , while the Serbian opposition leader Vuk Draskovic called for an anti-war demonstration to be held in Belgrade . |
| 14 | Inflation called for an uplift in many maximum fines , with a power being conferred upon the Home Secretary to adjust financial limits in the future by order , having first obtained the approval of both Houses of Parliament , so as to keep them in step with subsequent changes in the value of money . |
| 15 | Andreeva called for an assessment of all party and state leaders , including Stalin , from a class and political standpoint , not on the basis of abstract moralising by people who were far removed from the period concerned . |
| 16 | At the Black Sea Summit on June 25 [ see p. 38980 ] , after the first presidential negotiations on the Dnestr issue between Moldova , Russia , Ukraine and Romania , a communiqué called for an immediate ceasefire . |
| 17 | The petition called for an open public inquiry into the grounding of the tanker in January , strict tanker exclusion zones and improved ship monitoring and standards . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Following the wrecking of the town of Sirnak in August [ see pp. 39067-68 ] , the normally pro-government Turkish Daily News called for an investigation into claims that the army had run amok . |
| 20 | AI called for an independent investigation into ‘ Akkawi 's death and urged Prime Minister Shamir to intervene swiftly to stop torture and ill-treatment . |
| 21 | Last year the Countryside Commission called for an inquiry to decide whether recreational vehicles should be banned on Sundays and Bank Holidays on the stretch between Streatley in Berkshire to Overton Hill . |
| 22 | In the Costa Rica talks the government called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on both sides and the total demobilization of all FMLN forces before reforms and the integration of the FMLN into political life could begin . |
| 23 | Westmoreland called for an additional 206 000 men , but the request was turned down and in March he was relieved of his command . |
| 24 | Pawar called for an election of the parliamentary party leader by secret ballot . |
| 25 | 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 . |