Example sentences of "[noun pl] called for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members also felt the constitution was counter-productive , especially when capital projects called for an injection of cash over which they would have no control , and which was seen as improving someone else 's investment . |
| 2 | The delegates called for an end to workers being sacked just because they were sick or injured . |
| 3 | The South African government was unanimously condemned for the level of violence in the country and delegates called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to debate the issue [ see also p. 38990 ] . |
| 4 | The South African government was unanimously condemned for the level of violence in the country and delegates called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to debate the issue [ see also p. 38990 ] . |
| 5 | They 've also sent pictures illustrating the message to a woodyard where earlier this week demonstrators called for an end to the trade in tropical hardwoods . |
| 6 | ‘ Nevertheless , I thought two such discrepancies called for an explanation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | But he did not believe the survey results called for an immediate , vast increase in funding . |
| 9 | JERUSALEM ( Reuter ) — Britain 's senior diplomat in the Israeli-occupied territories called for an inquiry into the killing by troops of an Arab youth . |
| 10 | Palestinian leaders in the occupied territories called for an escalation of the intifada , in response to the formation of what they called a " terrorist " government . |
| 11 | In the first of these categories , the impulse of schools to develop their community activities and the education of adults called for an approach which differed from the management of curriculum change . |
| 12 | Scandinavian seamen 's unions called for an end to the use of flags of convenience in Scandinavian waters ( ships ' safety precautions being the responsibility of the country with which they were registered ) . |