Example sentences of "called [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called for a general election . |
| 2 | He called for a general strike to oppose " the rightist , reactionary , anti-constitutional coup " . |
| 3 | But last Thursday he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 4 | Last Thursday , however , he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre-left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 5 | While Singapore was enthusiastic , Malaysia remained cautious , and Indonesia called for a greater concentration on intra-ASEAN rather than external economic relations [ for Indonesian relations with ASEAN countries see p. 37580 ] . |
| 6 | On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal . |
| 7 | He called for a gotong-royong Cabinet composed of all political groups , including the PKI . |
| 8 | When I met him at Wentworth earlier this week he called for a peaceful Ryder Cup match against the Americans at The Belfry in September . |
| 9 | President Alan Gacia of Peru called for a planned summit on February 15 with President Bush to discuss drugs to be ‘ deferred ’ because of the invasion . |
| 10 | The TUC called for a one year moratorium whilst its future was reviewed . |
| 11 | They thus called for a managerial policy to facilitate promotion earlier in life , linked to flexible retirement wherever possible . |
| 12 | As faith in the League declined , some called for a new alliance system — and a new Government — to stand up to fascist aggression . |
| 13 | Pale , Bosnia : BOSNIAN Serbs called for a new peace plan for Bosnia after declaring the current one dead yesterday but Muslim-led government leaders said this meant the West no longer had any excuse to avoid decisive action . |
| 14 | Several years ago , when General Motors reached agreement on a contract with the United Auto Workers that called for a new relationship based on cooperation and shared sacrifice , and then , on the same day , announced a new formula for generous executive bonuses , long-time union members simply nodded to themselves . |
| 15 | Instead he called for a new security order based either on " trilateral Soviet-Japanese-US consultations and concrete agreements " , or a five-power conference involving China , India , Japan , the Soviet Union and the USA . |
| 16 | He called for a new partnership economy with the private and public sectors working together . |
| 17 | One of the bodies which strongly challenged the costs — the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy ( CIPFA ) — yesterday called for a new study of the costings . |
| 18 | But one can sympathise with Mr Justice Henry , the now redundant Guinness judge , when he called for a radical re-appraisal of the way big fraud cases are handled . |
| 19 | Colombian President Virgilio Barco Vargas called for a powerful UN agency to direct the global struggle against drug abuse . |
| 20 | Last night , Cockerill called for a long suspension should Wright be found guilty . |
| 21 | He called for a one-day strike in September . |
| 22 | Firstly we called for a major and sustained programme of development within West Belfast in order to reverse the history of long-term decline . |
| 23 | In his ‘ April Theses ’ he called for a revolutionary government based on the Soviets and empowered to control the banks , production and distribution . |
| 24 | Mr Major , reading from briefing notes , said : ‘ I believe the ex-convener at Timex said those dismissed never called for a sit-down demonstration and do not sponsor violence . |
| 25 | It called for a revised constitution and the legalization of other political parties . |
| 26 | As early as 1975 , at a conference in California , Nobel laureate Paul Berg called for a partial moratorium on certain kinds of experiment . |
| 27 | is Above all , he was seen by the young Nietzsche as the proponent of a total philosophy , a vision of life that called for a personal , not merely an intellectual , commitment — a vision that stimulated , and even promised to satisfy , the yearning to be a personal whole attuned to the ultimate values , or non-values , of life . |
| 28 | Claiborne Pell , chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee , also called for a neutral government in Kabul to hold elections or seek a traditional Afghan consultative assembly . |
| 29 | Bonar Law was prepared to make the right noises — in 1913 at Manchester he called for a positive social policy in Disraelian lines for " the swing of the pendulum is not enough " , but he would give no more active support . |
| 30 | AGE CONCERN Scotland yesterday called for a public debate on methods of restraint applied to frail elderly people cared for in residential homes or by relatives . |