Example sentences of "call to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to the secular names , there is an additional one by which the person is known in the synagogue , by which he is ‘ called to the Torah ’ . |
| 2 | Specifically , it obliges the young person to wear the tefillin ( the symbolic ‘ boxes ’ of the law worn by the orthodox ) when engaged in weekday prayers ; to participate in the synagogue services by being ‘ called to the law ’ ( a particular privilege and responsibility for a Cohen ) ; to be counted as an adult in the community for the purpose of establishing a quorum by which no service ( or synagogue , indeed ) could be instituted . |
| 3 | After a brilliant student career at the Sorbonne he was called to the Paris Bar in 1926 . |
| 4 | More than once , right-wing union leaders have been left fuming in their seats as a stream of party activists were called to the rostrum . |
| 5 | He resumed his studies in 1948 at New College , Oxford , where he took a first class honours degree and was called to the bar a year later . |
| 6 | I was called to the administration block of the hospital and later went to register the death , and to make an appointment with an undertaker — this was for ten o'clock the next morning . |
| 7 | In 1816 Mrs Hawkes , a pious lady who had herself been a convert of Richard Cecil 's , was called to the death-bed of a Mr Vaughan , whose last hours she described in a letter to a friend : |
| 8 | In the synagogue , men can be called to the reading of the Bible , whereas the women can not , and the sexes are separated . |
| 9 | Firemen were called to the river Taff in Llandaff to rescue Eric , a 10-stone Irish Wolfhound who had got into deep water after deciding to go in for a swim . |
| 10 | He managed to dodge the GDR 's National People 's Army ( NVA ) for nine years ( no mean feat ) but now fears that he may yet be called to the colours in the west , as the proposed change in the law merely states that all those who have not yet done their time and who are under the age of 32 will be eligible . |
| 11 | He then felt called to the ministry . |
| 12 | But fire can happen at any moment : the Red Watch was called to the King 's Cross Underground station fire . |
| 13 | According to the reports , Dr Asvat was killed after he had been called to the old Mandela home to examine Stompie when he was beaten . |
| 14 | Called to the Bar in 1955 he became a QC in 1972 , MP for Tunbridge Wells in 1974 , and attorney-general in 1987 . |
| 15 | Educated at Swanage Grammar School and Cambridge , he pursued a legal career and was called to the Bar in 1972 . |
| 16 | Britain 's High Commissioner and ambassadors of the United States and other countries were called to the Foreign Ministry in Valletta to be told . |
| 17 | Assembly time is a natural occasion for identifying just a few children who have done well — a whole succession of children called to the front for praise in a single assembly simply devalues the reward . |
| 18 | In quick succession , the remaining two brothers were called to the stand . |
| 19 | So the cock and the hen allowed him to take a glistening burnished black and emerald feather and a soft creamy-white feather , and he bade them all good-bye and went into the clearing , and called to the West Wind , holding up his key . |
| 20 | One day Victoria and Alexander were called to the drawing room after tea and saw a strange woman in a dress printed with yellow lemons sitting on the fender beside their father . |
| 21 | By the time Richard and Murray were called to the headmaster 's study a sheaf of publications headlining the incident were laid out on the large drum table . |
| 22 | Each year , when shooting , stalking and fishing guests departed , estate employees were called to the great house to work in the armoury , which had one of the finest collections of antique weapons in Scotland : claymores , dirks , shields , spears and guns . |
| 23 | Then Brown Owl called to the Brownies who were left and made them lie with their heads pointing towards the swampland , then with the last two Brownies she made an arrowhead , like this : — |
| 24 | Each generation in Edenderry has had members called to the full-time ministry of the church : the late ( now of the Presbyterian Church ) and , more recently , the Reverend David Kilpatrick . |
| 25 | After several warnings he was called to the front of the class , told to hold out his hand and caned by Miss Smith with the flat of a foot ruler . |
| 26 | Sergeant Golding had unfortunately , after many years police service , blotted his copybook in about 1910 , for when called to the scene of a local murder , he allowed the victim 's mother , a widow , to clean up the room before detectives arrived . |
| 27 | The year began with cold clammy fogs , and although some industry had come to a standstill because of workers called to the colours , and factories bombed by the enemy , we still did not have the Clean Air Act , and there was still quite a lot of smoke from domestic fires , and from the slack coal burnt by factories making munitions . |
| 28 | One such dreadful night I was called to the gate house by Mr Rideout , our so loyal and efficient gate porter . |
| 29 | So , imagine my relief when I was called to the front porch , and I was greeted by a cheery ‘ American Red Cross reporting for duty Ma'am . |
| 30 | The first week in July I was called to the Malet Street premises of the University . |