Example sentences of "[adv] call on the " 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 | With unfailing respect , may I ask why I was not called on the Yarrow statement ? |
| 3 | The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising has already called on the ITC to monitor spots given to self-promotion on Thames ( MW last week ) , but the rest of the ITV broadcasters are likely to protest loudest if this becomes a reality . |
| 4 | The Deutsches Historisches Museum in Berlin has already called on the government to indemnify several exhibitions this year , including the ‘ Entartete Kunst ’ show that originated in Los Angeles . |
| 5 | The inconsistency is striking : unwilling to see Athens put down Thasos , a rebel subject , Sparta nevertheless calls on the Athenians to join her in putting down her own rebel subjects . |
| 6 | The creative team works in all media , but usually calls on the services of an agency TV producer to help to set up TV and cinema film production — and often radio , too . |
| 7 | He is backing a new campaign launched by the National Children 's Home calling on the government to provide more funds for respite care to give parents an occasional and much needed break . |
| 8 | More than 100 MPs from all parties formally called on the Queen on March 18 to dismiss Lord Lane , the Lord Chief Justice , over his handling of the Birmingham Six appeal hearing in 1987 . |
| 9 | Mr Michael Grade , the channel 's chief executive , yesterday called on the Government to explain why it could not trust ITC appointments . |
| 10 | THE heartbroken father of a three-year-old boy murdered by the IRA yesterday called on the terrorists to lay down their arms . |
| 11 | The new system is to be sustained by a single super-power which , even if officially bankrupt , can still call on the financial resources of its wealthy clients and allies to support its global security activities . |
| 12 | The Soviet side had initially responded with a counterproposal involving ceilings for both sides of either 225,000 or 195,000 troops for Europe as a whole ( thereby calling on the United States either to accept an imbalance of 30,000 troops in Central Europe or to withdraw some or all its forces from the other countries ) , but accepted the original proposal after the US side had rejected this alternative formula . |
| 13 | Yeltsin had also called on the USA to replace its " Star Wars " space-based anti-missile programme with a " global system of defence " based on co-operation with Russia — an idea which Bush afterwards described as " worth discussing in more detail " . |
| 14 | Together with the Commonwealth Secretariat , it has also called on the Guyanese government to grant local Indian tribes legal rights to hunt and gather in the reserve , as well as intellectual property rights over genetic materials found in the forest . |
| 15 | The McDermott 's also called on the police to look at the possibility of re-examining the case now that DNA testing is possible . |
| 16 | The CBI is also calling on the Government to establish a network of local investment companies designed to encourage equity investment in smaller firms . |
| 17 | We are also calling on the G M B to pursue this issue through the T U C and any other avenues that may be open in the hope that , as a result , we can enjoy a better environment and quality of life at work . |
| 18 | It also calls on the general assembly to deplore British Steel 's ‘ abrupt ’ closure announcement of the Ravenscraig plant . |
| 19 | The report also calls on the Government to " exert as much pressure as possible on all international fora to ensure that worldwide action is taken to combat global warming " , but stresses that the UK should " set an example … by seriously tackling its own emissions problems in advance of international understanding " . |
| 20 | It also calls on the government to act on the relevant commitments it made at the UNCED summit [ see ED 59/60 ] , and on the major supermarket chains to provide information on the biodiversity of the foods they stock . |
| 21 | AI has repeatedly called on the Bahraini Government to ratify and implement international human rights treaties as a matter of urgency . |
| 22 | The regional council will also call on the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and the Equal Opportunities Commission to support its campaign . |
| 23 | They also called on the churches to teach their leaders and congregations to use alternative models of communication that are accessible to most people and that would enable communicators to get their message across most effectively . |
| 24 | Conference also called on the organisers to investigate strategies and tactics for the economic regeneration of West Belfast and the creation of meaningful jobs locally . |
| 25 | It also called on the guerrillas in El Salvador to cease hostilities and to begin peace talks . |
| 26 | A joint statement issued at the end of the talks also called on the international community to adhere to sanctions against Iraq for its invasion of Kuwait [ see p. 37639 ] . |
| 27 | The conference also called on the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) to convene a conference with prospective donor countries to formulate an aid plan which would assist in the social and economic integration of refugees who chose to return to Rwanda and of those seeking naturalized status in their present country of residence . |
| 28 | The resolution also called on the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador to support the process of national reconciliation in their countries , and appealed to the international community " to facilitate the process of peace and democratization " in Central America . |
| 29 | He also called on the KMT to take " really effective " measures to suppress the independence movement . |
| 30 | He also called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to be more understanding towards Africa , urging them to relax conditions in order to allow new lending and the relief of existing debt . |