Example sentences of "a motion [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Italian parliament after protracted debate approved on Jan. 16 ( by 382 to 201 in the Chamber of Deputies and by 190 to 96 in the Senate ) a motion providing for Italian participation in an " international policing operation " to secure Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait ; the wording was significant in that Italy 's Constitution forbade recourse to war as a means of settling international disputes . |
| 2 | The executive is recommending rejection of a motion calling for unilateral disarmament . |
| 3 | A motion calling for the signing of an overseas professional was rejected unanimously ; only three votes were recorded in favour , one presumably Boycott 's , of signing players born outside the county . |
| 4 | Collins wants to push through a motion calling for lead levels in petrol to be reduced to 0–15 grams per litre ( the level Britain intends to impose by 1985 ) . |
| 5 | Lampeter Students ' union unanimously passed a motion calling for a ‘ Funky Student Big Steaming Lurrve Palace ’ to be built near the library . |
| 6 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 7 | In parliament , Lennox-Boyd restated his position on 11 May 1956 : ‘ If a general election is held Her Majesty 's Government will be ready to accept a motion calling for independence within the Commonwealth passed by a reasonable majority in a newly elected legislature and then to declare a firm date for this purpose . ’ |
| 8 | On the debit side biking can be positively dangerous , that is why in nineteen eighty nine Congress passed a motion calling for the provision of cycleways . |
| 9 | Hong Kong 's partially elected Legislative Council passed on the same day a motion calling for amendments , particularly to increase provisions for democratic representation and to limit the circumstances in which emergency powers could be assumed by the Chinese authorities . |
| 10 | Delegates approved a motion calling for the " re-establishment of constitutional order in Haïti and the restoration of the legitimate President , Fr Aristide " . |
| 11 | Prime Minister Vitold Fokin had come under criticism for the slow pace of economic reforms , but survived on June 3 , by 168 votes to 154 , a motion calling for a vote of no confidence ( brought by the Republican Party and the New Ukraine deputies , consisting of the Democratic Renewal Party , Social Democrats and other groups ) . |
| 12 | In a marked departure from their pursuit of regional autonomy , members of the Kurdish National Council on Oct. 4 approved a motion calling for the creation of a federated state within a democratic pluralistic Iraq . |
| 13 | Last year at Blackpool I moved a motion calling for review of the C E C election procedure . |
| 14 | Councillors have thrown out a motion calling for a ban on foxhunting on all council owned land . |