Example sentences of "be [adv] call [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He added that they were now calling for a fundamental review of taxation and a broadly-based training and employment programme . |
| 2 | In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time . |
| 3 | And he is also calling for a massive reduction in overseas aid , already hit by the fall in the value of the pound . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Jeff was obviously calling from a public place . |
| 7 | ( 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |