Example sentences of "[pers pn] call for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prado 's director , Felipe Vicente Garin , retorted : ‘ Why should I call for new ideas when I 've already got my own ? ’ |
| 2 | As she lands , she calls for several seconds and her baby answers . |
| 3 | PAMELA : Mrs. Jewkes , why do you call for poor Nan ? |
| 4 | She called for automatic life sentence for rape . |
| 5 | She called for much more effort to be made to provide an aesthetic environment where some sense of personal identity and dignity is preserved . |
| 6 | She called for greater clarity in party policy and less concentration on image , and identified two areas which the party needed to examine more closely : women 's representation and links with the trade unions . |
| 7 | She called for British schools to follow the lead of an American scheme — inviting parents into the classroom for short courses in the three Rs . |
| 8 | Fellow councillor Margaret Crooks said it was clear the bombing had been an ‘ inside job ’ and she called for those who helped the bombers to be ostracised . |
| 9 | And this was expressed in a very imaginative presentation by Professor a young in her keynote lecture when she called for three significant changes . |
| 10 | We called for better-trained staff who would specialise in dealing with these cases . |
| 11 | We called for some fish and chips to take back for all of us , but I was n't sure that I could eat them after seeing that documentary where they all had ulcers . |
| 12 | ‘ We call for explicit guarantees of media and press freedom in the constitutions of all African countries as stipulated in Article 19 of the United Nations ' Declaration on Human Rights , ’ they stressed . |
| 13 | Neither the wording of the section nor its underlying purpose seems to me to call for such an anomalous distinction . |
| 14 | At Mr Banzer 's closing rally in La Paz , many Bolivians defied the cold to hear him call for higher taxes on the rich and more efficiency in government : ‘ We will tighten the government 's belt and loosen the belt on the people . ’ |
| 15 | They called for separate bilateral agreements with each CIS member state , rather than a common agreement with the CIS Interior Ministries , and also decided to keep Russian as the language for their joint negotiations . |
| 16 | They called for democratic elections in the trade unions . |
| 17 | In addition they called for lower taxes , free health care , cheaper housing loans and increased spending on state-owned industries . |
| 18 | They called for increased federal spending , citing expert opinion that the country needed between $1,000,000 million and $3,000,000 million to repair crumbling roads and bridges . |
| 19 | They called for four changes in modern house design : sloping paths in the landscaping rather than steps , lower concrete thresholds , wider doors to let wheelchairs through , and a downstairs lavatory . |
| 20 | They called for monthly limits for Nox emissions from a variety of solid fuels , with the highest being 400 mg per cubic metre . |
| 21 | They called for high power and torque , low smoke and exhaust emission levels , quiet , and good fuel economy . |
| 22 | They called for Italian air and naval bases to be closed to United States forces participating in Gulf operations , and also stressed the continuing importance of a " class analysis " . |
| 23 | They called for more maple syrup and more butter . |
| 24 | Also , says Perera , the government tends to play down the importance of prevention and of synergism ( different chemicals in the environment working together ) , while they call for more epidemiology — or , as many environmentalists put it , ‘ counting the bodies ’ . |
| 25 | Experience has shown that they call for more work from officials , and that they meet with resistance from officials ( see Jenkins , 1978 ) . |
| 26 | They call for more research on the physiological and immunological changes caused by eating disorders , especially bulimia . |
| 27 | The authors propose two ways forward : they encourage a change in attitudes and they call for some specific legislative measures . |
| 28 | It calls for immediate action but none is forthcoming . |
| 29 | It calls for immediate measures to reduce traffic flows , including the introduction of a speed limit on motorways and a sharp increase in the price of petrol . |
| 30 | It calls for consummate timing and nerves of steel . |