Example sentences of "[noun prp] call for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the meeting federation vice-chairman Richard Coyles called for 3,000 more beat bobbies throughout the country to prevent ‘ anarchy ’ in cities . |
| 2 | In June 1971 Brezhnev called for mutual naval withdrawals by the Great Powers and he mentioned the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean specifically as regions of interest . |
| 3 | Holgate called for new research into the medical effects of air pollution . |
| 4 | Tory MP Michael Spicer called for lower rates ‘ to avoid this very grave recession turning into a slump ’ . |
| 5 | The Labour and Socialist International had issued a declaration on 19 February calling for joint action between the German Social Democrats and Communists to defeat Hitler . |
| 6 | Aquino calls for harsh penalties . |
| 7 | The ANC calls for international support to isolate the apartheid regime . |
| 8 | Reynolds calls for new peace talks |
| 9 | Complaining that the grass-roots party cadres had been excluded from decision-making , the Peking Daily called for new emphasis on the party 's role in economic as well as political matters : ‘ If the party only controls the party then it would no longer be a political class party but an amateur group for the masses , or a kind of club . ’ |
| 10 | Van Miert calls for common environmental standards |
| 11 | UN calls for more aid for Third World space satellites |
| 12 | Faced with continuing East German arrivals Kohl calls for immediate negotiations on economic and monetary union [ p. 37259 ] . |
| 13 | That could n't be Patterson calling for Airborne yet , but it might well be Airborne out on another document delivery somewhere else . |
| 14 | The Reverend J. M. Wilson called for social purity , ‘ for the good of your nation and your country ’ , and warned that ‘ Rome fell ; other nations are falling ’ . |
| 15 | King Hussein called for regional reconciliation in a televised address to the country on March 1 . |
| 16 | Lord Lane called for centralised control of advocates ' conduct , enforced by the judges . |
| 17 | The district general hospital in Barnsley , south Yorkshire called for such volunteers when 100 staff went sick . |
| 18 | Dec. 9 Hun Sen calls for third JIM to address formation of an international control mechanism ( ICM ) , the cession of military aid to " all parties involved " , and a ceasefire in Cambodia . |
| 19 | Rose Jennings calls for more passion and less vague sentiment in anti-war art |
| 20 | In a recent review of the national programme , the NCS called for both its sponsors , the Science and Engineering Research Council ( SERC ) and the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) , to increase their support for the technology . |
| 21 | Although Chamlong called for peaceful action to depose Suchinda , violence erupted in the evening as a group of demonstrators attempted to march on Government House . |
| 22 | During his meeting with Murdani , Keating called for increased defence links between Indonesia and Australia . |
| 23 | The Alfonsín government elected in Argentina in late 1983 woúld probably also be included in this category , as would the recently elected ( 1984 ) administration in Uruguay ( president Julio Maria Sanguinetti called for expanded economic relations with the USSR shortly before his inauguration ) and the APRA government led by Alán Garcia in Peru which , since its election victory in May 1985 , has taken an active role in the Non-Aligned Movement , vying for the leadership and backing its challenge with moves to extend diplomatic recognition to the Palestine Liberation Organisation ; ( iii ) capitalist , ‘ liberal-bourgeois ’ governments that are oriented towards Washington , for example , Venezuela , Peru under Belaúnde , Colombia ( before 1982 ) , Costa Rica and Jamaica ; ( iv ) ‘ right-wing ’ , ‘ reactionary ’ military dictatorships generally not liked , but supported by the United States . |
| 24 | A tearful Hawke called for continued efforts to achieve full reconciliation between Australians and the indigenous Aboriginal community . |
| 25 | Following his election as President of the Council for National Parks , Chris Bonington called for all the national parks to be set up as separate authorities as soon as possible , in line with the Government 's manifesto promise . |
| 26 | Early in 1964 the Springtown Residents ' Association staged a protest march to the Guildhall , which was reported in the Derry Journal of 31 January under the headline ‘ Derry 's Little Rock Calls for Fair Play ’ . |
| 27 | In the EC Health and Safety Directorate 's publication , Janus , Simonsen called for more research into such chemicals , arguing that clear international criteria and screening tests for neurotoxicity are needed . |
| 28 | Bush called for greater funding for housing for the poor and for inner city redevelopment . |
| 29 | In his address , President Bush called for all parties to make good commitments agreed at UNCED , adding that " the United States intends to be the world 's pre-eminent leader in protecting the global environment … |
| 30 | In his opening remarks US President George Bush called for further research before any action was taken on global warming . |