Example sentences of "be [adv] call [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I find that these people who are so called on the cheap that the product is not very good , well if you say say you call it by one of them |
| 2 | He added that they were now calling for a fundamental review of taxation and a broadly-based training and employment programme . |
| 3 | In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time . |
| 4 | And he is also calling for a massive reduction in overseas aid , already hit by the fall in the value of the pound . |
| 5 | The Labour Party is now calling for an independent inquiry to be set up to consider whether compensation should be paid to those who lost their holidays . |
| 6 | Oxfam is now calling on the United Nations to relax sanctions against Iraq to allow the import of humanitarian items such as school eqipment . |
| 7 | It was the plentiful supply of ‘ fixed air ’ ( carbon dioxide was so called in the 18th century ) above the vats that held his attention . |
| 8 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 9 | Jeff was obviously calling from a public place . |
| 10 | ( 1 ) It can move itself and has biological needs ( not just for food and warmth and the like , but the need to use its faculties — Functionlust as it was once called by a German psychologist ) . |
| 11 | By 1942 the Labour Party Conference was also calling for a comprehensive scheme of social security , adequate cash payments to provide security whatever the contingency , a scheme of family allowances , and a national health service . |
| 12 | So for the rest of the month I was in charge of wages , piece rates , training , negotiations and all the rest of it , and then one day a month I was regularly calling on the same customers in Bloomsbury and I was collecting money , selling the goods and so on , which I think was a very important part of my continued training . |