Example sentences of "[noun sg] call [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disarmament negotiations opened in 1983 in Geneva , and the Reagan Administration called for the withdrawal from Eastern Europe of the new range of Soviet SS20 missiles — the so-called " zero option " . |
| 2 | One view is that insider research calls for the free-ranging exploration of what goes on in the classroom without the constraint of any preconceived theory . |
| 3 | The point I am making is that pedagogic research calls for the independent appraisal of ideas as a precondition to their application . |
| 4 | Chief executive Peter Robinson was alerted and the club called in the police . |
| 5 | The minibus called at the house , Vin Roper was the driver , and John the helper . |
| 6 | Cobalt called in the most enthusiastic tone she had ever heard from him . |
| 7 | In simplified terms , this guidance calls for the following parameters : . |
| 8 | Also at the United Nations , the President called on the Soviet Union to reduce its stocks immediately to 20 per cent of the current US arsenal , which is unofficial estimated to be 30,000 tons . |
| 9 | Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot 's script called for the clerk to be a ‘ heavy ’ type , but Crawford was successful in changing the underling to a meek , nervous sort . |
| 10 | We have not dealt with the reasons why The Head Teachers ' Association called for the teaching of modern foreign languages in primary schools . |
| 11 | The association called for the standard of advice offered to be monitored by the industry watchdogs . |
| 12 | The de Vitto report on the social charter action programme called for the commission to carry out a survey into legislation and practices that discriminated on the grounds of age and to take measures to guarantee equal treatment for elderly people . |
| 13 | At a meeting on Dec. 27 in Damascus , the Syrian capital , agreement was reached between 17 opposition groups belonging to the Iraqi National Joint Action Committee on issuing a common programme calling for the overthrow of Saddam Hussein and the establishment of a democratic system . |
| 14 | I also had a stroke of luck when a Jehovah 's Witness called at the door earlier . |
| 15 | In 1887 he was the first witness called before the select commission on forestry . |
| 16 | Signor Jose Cutileiro of Portugal said the deal called for the removal of heavy artillery from towns and villages , the suspension of mass mobilisation , the disbanding of all paramilitary groups and the resumption of talks on the republic 's political and constitutional order . |
| 17 | The sixth session of the Supreme Soviet opened on Sept. 15 amid uncertainty over the course of Ukraine 's economic reform and fears that its slow pace would jeopardize IMF credits [ for Ukraine 's entry to the IMF see p. 39120 ] , and also amid opposition calls for the replacement of the government . |
| 18 | On May 10 tens of thousands took part in a pro-democracy march called by the RCD and the Socialist Vanguard Party , while on May 17 the FLN itself organised a march , which it described as " complementary and not in opposition " to the other pre-election demonstrations . |
| 19 | On his way home from Asia Minor Stephen Lazarević called on the Byzantine emperor , Manuel II Paleologus , who conferred on the Serbian leader the title of despot . |
| 20 | Its authority was quickly established when it called off the demonstration called by the meeting of radicals on 8 October . |
| 21 | On August 22nd only 6000 people turned up to the London demonstration called by the Special Conference . |
| 22 | Will the Prime Minister support the unanimous decision by Greenwich Conservative councillors to support the demonstration called by the Anti-Racist Alliance for Saturday at noon in Plumstead High street to demand the closure of the British National party headquarters ? |
| 23 | A peaceful demonstration called by the FIS in Algiers on Feb. 14 was cancelled by the organizers . |
| 24 | Colleagues , can I now take , er , a moment of your time and it gives me very great pleasure to call upon the President to deliver his address to congress . |
| 25 | Colleagues it 's now my pleasure to call upon the deputy General Secretary , Tom to move his section of the report and to address conference . |
| 26 | Concern has been raised in Parliament today and the Social Security Select Committee called for the eight month old agency to be overhauled . |
| 27 | A special meeting of Warrington Borough Council 's emergency committee called for the cylinders to be removed to give local residents peace of mind . |
| 28 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |
| 29 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 30 | The Lebanese delegation rejected an Israeli proposal calling for the formation of a joint military committee to discuss the situation in southern Lebanon . |