Example sentences of "[adv] call for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their inspectors merely called for visual inspections and dye penetrant checks , as opposed to the ultrasonic testing called for in the UK . |
| 2 | The bills had merely called for further federal studies : control was considered a state and local concern . |
| 3 | Teachers have long called for more opportunity to get on with what they regard as quintessentially " their " work ; they should normally welcome the opportunity to off-load tasks which can just as effectively be performed by other people . |
| 4 | This is why this account will follow Guillaume ( 1990 : 99 ) in postulating that the support of the infinitive is a " generalized person " not yet defined explicitly as either first , second or third , nor even necessarily calling for ordinal definition ( cf. ( 10 ) above ) . |
| 5 | His assembled staff stared stonily back , as he looked round at them , apparently calling for some kind of congratulations . |
| 6 | Being a Twenty-fourther obviously called for high physical stamina , for the group showed no signs of slacking . |
| 7 | It only called for eight at the most . |
| 8 | In your May 1 editorial , you rightly call for great care not to erect ‘ an elaborate bureaucracy ’ in investing persons or courts with powers to give consent for medical treatment in individual cases . |
| 9 | ‘ Not much call for these outside of Christmas , my love , ’ the grocer told me , dusting the boxes and rounding the outrageous total down to the nearest pound . |
| 10 | Full and part-time courses are continually running so call for up-to-date information . |
| 11 | The premiere had not called for any great celebration , even the soi-disant Louise Müller being in subdued spirits after her confession . |
| 12 | Croatia is desperately calling for international recognition as a sovereign state . |
| 13 | But if it is not calling for immediate independence , or for unity with Romania , the Popular Front is certainly demanding sovereign autonomy for Moldavia and a renewal of national culture and identity . |
| 14 | The report was criticised for not calling for urgent action to reduce lead in petrol . |
| 15 | It does not call for explicit statements of the objectives of expenditure in a way that would enable a Minister 's plans to be tested against general government strategy : nor can it regularly embody detailed analysis of existing programmes and of major policy options on them . |
| 16 | There is no way up that does not call for sustained effort , and while a thin track is forming from a cairn on the roadside and will be some help when well trodden , Liathach will never be an easy climb . |
| 17 | The government hopes the judges will not prevent ratification and will not call for any changes in the treaty . |
| 18 | First , it was not an annual report but a one-off ; secondly , it did not call for more funding — |
| 19 | General Westmoreland , the American commander in Vietnam , soon called for further reinforcements , claiming that peace was " just around the corner " . |
| 20 | While the exact timings of music transfers may not be too critical , the addition of voice-over commentary usually calls for greater precision . |
| 21 | After all , who wants to let rivals steal their recipes while diners are still calling for more ? |
| 22 | Yet few Zambian politicians ever called for increased funds for broadcasting . |
| 23 | And an overwhelming majority thought the photos would not further calls for tougher press controls . |
| 24 | LABOUR backbenchers yesterday called for two Cabinet ministers to explain how they allegedly spent £6,000 of taxpayers ' money on three urgent flights home from France , or repay the money . |
| 25 | SCOTLAND 's two largest trade unions yesterday called for increased investment in public transport after a study which reaffirmed that Scotland has the lowest level of car ownership in Britain . |
| 26 | Former premier Baroness Thatcher yesterday called for Western powers to launch air strikes against military targets inside Serbia . |
| 27 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 28 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino yesterday called for tough sentences against coup leaders while the military launched a big manhunt to track down those still at large . |
| 29 | A VICAR yesterday called for mass action to stamp out crime on an estate where good neighbour Les Reed was kicked and beaten to death as he tackled vandals . |
| 30 | the employer and I asked him what documents they produced , what report they produced we have written a letter about it , but I formally call for any report or document from and the second thing he mentioned were letters from about twelve members of parliament that they received |