Example sentences of "[noun pl] called a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On June 16 left-wing unions representing an estimated 15,000,000 workers called a one-day general strike , the first since November 1991 [ see p. 38682 ] , to protest against the proposed closure of some public-sector operations . |
| 2 | There were bookshelves along one wall , with titles ranging from John Keegan 's Six Armies in Normandy and Richard Holmes 's Firing Line , which I 'd read , to anonymous pulp volumes called A Social History of the Hand Grenade or similar , which I 'd no intention of reading . |
| 3 | This is a giant step forward from the position two years ago when 67 clubs called a special general meeting to save the ISA from extinction . |
| 4 | The NHL Players ' Association , who went on strike April 1 , have rejected what team owners called a final offer . |
| 5 | In April 1984 the National Union of Mineworkers called a national strike against pit closures , including that of the lately closed pit at Cortonwood in south Yorkshire , and in favour of a vastly increased basic wage . |
| 6 | Constituting themselves as a Council of Action , the leaders called a Special Conference of labour movement organizations for August 13th , at which decisions would be taken to ‘ instruct their members to ‘ down tools ’ … ’ . |
| 7 | The trade union federations called a general strike for 13 May to protest at government repression . |
| 8 | The Social Democrats called a general strike in protest ( denounced by the leadership of the Petrograd Soviet as mob rule ) , which the Russian Governor General banned , promising to put down all disorders by force . |