Example sentences of "[coord] call for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So in July he announced to the American public : " we intend to honour our commitments " ( to West Germany and West Berlin ) and called for a build-up of American forces . |
| 2 | The Association for the Conservation of Energy has described the figures as " ghastly " , and called for a range of fresh incentives to encourage energy-conscious investment . |
| 3 | In both cases students and colleagues of those detained have campaigned vigorously for their release and called for a removal of the intellectual straightjacket , but without success . |
| 4 | The Hindu rightwing Bharatiya Janata party yesterday condemned the massacre and called for a strike in Patiala today in protest against what a party spokesman in New Delhi described as ‘ criminal neglect by the administration to protect innocent people ’ . |
| 5 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 6 | The propertied classes rallied to the government and called for a halt to all disturbances . |
| 7 | He congratulated Ortega on his conduct of the elections and called for a ceasefire in the contra war , stating that " given the clear mandate for peace and democracy there is no reason for further military activity from any quarter " . |
| 8 | On Tuesday 14 June , " representatives of the girls in the composing department of the printing trade , attended to address our [ i.e. WFL ] members " , and on 25 August a deputation went to see the employers and called for a Board of Trade enquiry . |
| 9 | Literature distributed at the rally and the speeches from the platform stressed respect for the Ten Commandments , deplored the loss of a firm traditional moral stand by national leaders , and called for a return to Christian moral standards , buttressed by firm legal controls and sanctions . |
| 10 | The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy called for the total rejection of any modification of the election timetable , while on Sept. 15 the National Alliance for Democracy ( AND ) , a grouping of about 40 political parties , demanded that the 12-month transition period be respected and called for a reshuffle of André Milongo 's transitional government . |
| 11 | He strengthened American forces in the Indian Ocean and Persian Gulf ; stepped up military aid to Pakistan ; imposed an embargo on wheat exports to the Soviet Union ; and called for a boycott of the Moscow Olympic Games of 1980 . |
| 12 | The Confederation of Caucasian Mountain Peoples ( a forum for Caucasus ethnic groups ) met in Tskhinvali on April 26 and called for a reassessment of relations with Russia . |
| 13 | Another letter from 34 congressmen asked Mr Clinton to make ‘ the issue of ending strife in Northern Ireland a top priority in their relations with the United Kingdom ’ and called for a relaxation of US visa restrictions on ‘ political refugees ’ from Ireland . |
| 14 | The Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) has added its weight to the lobby for an environmentally friendly national transport policy and called for a series of measures to curb carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 15 | President Roh Tae Woo denounced the assault on Chung and called for a crackdown on student unrest . |
| 16 | They welcomed last month 's initiative by Mr Bush and called for a summit with him within 90 days . |
| 17 | During a visit to Jordan on Jan. 10 , Farouq Qaddumi , who was appointed to the foreign affairs portfolio of the Palestinian government-in-exile in April 1989 [ see p. 36536 ] , said that the Baker plan had failed and called for a meeting of the Palestine National Council ( PNC , the Palestinian parliament-in-exile ) to discuss future strategy . |
| 18 | The two largest union federations , Turk-Is and Hak-Is , which organized the strike , demanded an increase of 500 per cent in workers ' pay and called for an end to restrictive labour laws . |
| 19 | Bush denied that he had been in Paris and called for an end to the " rumour-mongering " concerning the affair . |
| 20 | He said the decision was ‘ little short of a vote of no confidence in Sir Bryan Carsberg ’ and called for an investigation of the role in the affair of the Corporate Affairs Minister , Neil Hamilton , between December and February , when he declared a possible conflict of interest and withdrew from consideration of the bid . |
| 21 | The first drew attention to the position of deaf and dumb inmates of Poor Law Institutions and called for an enquiry into numbers involved and the best method of dealing with them . |
| 22 | The Chairman of the Sports Council , Peter Yarranton , concurred and called for the expansion of pay and play facilities to at least 30% of all future developments to allow ‘ sport for all ’ . |
| 23 | As Layton left the Old Bailey on a bicycle , NCP 's board welcomed his acquittal and called for the law to be clarified . |
| 24 | On March 20 the opposition National Convention for the Restoration of Democracy [ see p. 37922 ] criticized the government for failing to uphold the pledges of its own programme and called for the formation of a government enjoying the nation 's confidence , which would institute real political change . |
| 25 | On May 7 the CTU announced that it had suspended the general strike from May 8 , and called for the formation of a new government capable of tackling " national and economic issues " . |
| 26 | The United States accepted for the first time the phrase ‘ legitimate rights of the Palestinian people ’ and called for the participation of the ‘ Palestinian people ’ , a major concession to the Soviet Union , in return for Soviet retraction of its previous insistence on the participation of the PLO , the establishment of an independent Palestinian state , and the total withdrawal of Israeli forces to the 1949 Armistice Line . |
| 27 | The protest focused on high rents and called for the resignation of township councillors . |
| 28 | However , a joint Hungarian-Romanian demonstration in the nearby city of Cluj on March 18 had demanded an end to inter-ethnic hostility and called for the resignation of Iliescu and for the dismissal of all members of Ceausescu 's Securitate secret police . |
| 29 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 30 | The National Union of Public Employees said the way in which the board had acted was disgraceful and called for the resignation of all the members . |