Example sentences of "called [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was a time for rejoicing and oaths of loyalty ; but now every man was called on to help decide the future of the clan . |
| 2 | Whatever happens , Tendulkar is no doubt resting easily at night safe in the knowledge that Geoffrey Boycott has already emerged as a sort of godfather figure , willing to be called on to help at any time , to be party to any photo opportunity that may be at hand . |
| 3 | The southern colonies did not contribute much to the war in America and though they were called on to help , there was no co-ordinated organization for strategy . |
| 4 | He also called for those hit hardest by VAT rises to be compensated , urged that the wealthy be called on to pay more and warned Chancellor Norman Lamont against aiming at a general tax level of 20p , saying it was ‘ not manageable ’ . |
| 5 | He also called for those hit hardest by VAT rises to be compensated , urged the wealthy be called on to pay more and warned Chancellor Norman Lamont against aiming at a general tax level of 20p , saying it was ‘ not manageable ’ . |
| 6 | It should , in my opinion , only be in the rare cases where the very issue of interpretation which the courts are called on to resolve has been addressed in Parliamentary debate and where the promoter of the legislation has made a clear statement directed to that very issue , that reference to Hansard should be permitted . |
| 7 | From the point of view of the tenant , he has the security of the rents payable by the subtenants , and is not called on to find income from other resources . |
| 8 | He is likely to fill the No 6 slot vacated by Ian Botham 's Test call , and could also be called on to bowl his leg spin . |
| 9 | After gingerly retrieving his whistle from the offending item and giving it a quick clean-up , McNally was immediately called on to blow it when he awarded a drop goal after a free-kick . |
| 10 | Alan Howard as Henry Higgins , called on to abandon subtlety , seems uncomfortable . |
| 11 | This is because the state is expanding as the unit of international society , and is being called on to take responsibility for the welfare of its citizens in a wider range of areas . |
| 12 | The New Yorker of November 24th lamented that the NSC would not reveal even the age or the precise employment of this man , ‘ who seems to be called on to act as a secret surrogate for something like the entire United States government ’ . |
| 13 | I found my father talking to some of them ; he had been called on to act as an interpreter . |
| 14 | And this afternoon the Prime Minister was called on to act . |
| 15 | Gavin was called on to act as press liaison officer . |
| 16 | If that happens , the Secretary of State will be called on to adjudicate , and there is a suspicion that he would be inclined to side with the development corporation which , of course , is his creation , his creature . |
| 17 | After the strike , however , they were called on to return to their ‘ service role ’ for the miners , and they faced difficulties sustaining both their solidarity and their ability to build on their new-found strength ( see also Waddington et al. , 1990 ) . |
| 18 | I make no secret of my gratitude for being a member of a fortunate generation who have not been called on to fight in Europe . |
| 19 | THE Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will be called on to back demands for Scotland 's MEPs to be elected next year by proportional representation . |
| 20 | They were as follows : ( 1 ) there is a dispute or a difference between the parties which has been formulated in some way or other ( see 15.5 ) ; ( 2 ) the dispute or difference has been remitted by the parties to the person to resolve in such a manner that he is called on to exercise a judicial function ( see 15.6 ) ; ( 3 ) where appropriate , the parties must have been provided with an opportunity to present evidence and/or submissions in support of their respective claims in the dispute ( see 15.7 ) ; and ( 4 ) the parties have agreed to accept his decision ( see 15.8 ) . |
| 21 | This was because of past history when it was expected of the womenfolk , and the close family structure where others could be called on to assist if necessary . |
| 22 | They included gross and shifting uncertainties about money , great division of counsel in the General Assembly of the Company , fundamental differences of opinion between two at least of the engineers called on to survey the route , James Barnes and Thomas Telford , and , above all , the engineering of a very difficult route . |
| 23 | In the absence of a well-organized party machine , it was his friends and colleagues who were called on to turn out for hurriedly organized demonstrations . |
| 24 | In any case , I 've never been called on to deal with anything like this before . |
| 25 | Victor Matterface , the Brakes Inspector of the Metropolitan tramways , who later became a well-known Tramway Engineer elsewhere , describes how he was called on to visit South Metropolitan depôts as well as in the 1920's . |
| 26 | It reverts to being a dense moral imperium , so to speak , where to make themselves heard dissenters are called on to exhibit certain credentials . |
| 27 | Called on to repeat information he failed to do so . |
| 28 | It is common commercial practice for the auditors of a private company to be called on to value the shares . |
| 29 | They said that if the expert departed from his instructions in a material respect , eg where he was called on to value shares in a company and he valued the wrong number of shares or shares in the wrong company , that would be sufficient . |
| 30 | He is also proud that in 37 years he has never lost a single victim whose life he has been called on to save . |