Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] calling [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dealers are worried that a minority government , which might have to consider seeking a firmer mandate by calling a second general election later in the year , would be hard pressed to keep sterling within its exchange rate mechanism bands during a period of continuing uncertainty . |
| 2 | The general allegations in it had been made before : Harry Phibbs had a moment of fame for calling the late Earl of Stockton ‘ a war criminal ’ on the strength of Count Tolstoy 's theories , but he got away with it . |
| 3 | The Education Secretary has apologised in the Commons for calling a top education official a nutter . |
| 4 | On the other hand , imagine the embarrassment of calling a full-scale search out for somebody who is not only not in peril , but is mightily cheesed off to be awoken from a deep sleep by an RAF Sea-King helicopter blowing the filling out of their sleeping-bag ? |
| 5 | WELL , YOU CAN SAY ONE thing for John Major : after ducking the date on two occasions when he might have won , he ca n't be accused of lacking courage in calling a general election when his party is at best level-pegging with Labour and , possibly , is even behind in the polls . |
| 6 | The Prime Minister had tried to staunch the crisis by calling a full judicial inquiry into whether government ministers allowed businessmen to breach arms sales guidelines . |
| 7 | On 17 September 1945 , a fortnight after Gracey 's arrival , the Vietminh attempted to paralyse Saigon by calling a general strike . |
| 8 | Angela Cartwright , as chairman of the local Party , explained the procedure for calling a Special General Meeting if Grunte was to be de-selected , and the meeting adjourned after Carole Swan said she would take soundings among members of the Party after the conference . |
| 9 | His actions then ( in this case in calling the twelve ) did not simply relate to his immediate Jewish context , but are to be seen as a considered action undertaken in relation to his having founded the church . |
| 10 | The day after Lloyd George 's speech to the assembled Trade Union Executives , the National Committee of the unofficial shop stewards , movement resolved to consult its members about calling a national strike linking opposition to the ‘ comb-out ’ with the demand ‘ that the Government should at once accept the invitation of the Russian Government to consider peace terms . ’ |
| 11 | According to press reports on Dec. 15 the Most Rev. Manasses Kuria , the Archbishop of Kenya and Bishop of Nairobi , who was head of the Church of the Province of Kenya , warned KANU against calling a snap election aimed at taking advantage of the opposition . |
| 12 | In part the support of the two centrist parties for the bill was a function of their wish to avoid provoking the government into calling an early election in the lower chamber to coincide with the partial elections for the upper house which were scheduled for July 26 . |
| 13 | In May , Associated British Ports sought interim injunctions to prevent the Transport and General Workers Union from calling a national docks strike after a favourable ballot of 9,400 dockers employed under the Scheme . |
| 14 | The victory ended a run of three successive defeats , and Shell showed himself to be a relatively undemonstrative head coach prepared to listen to the advice of his assistant coaches and players before calling the big plays . |
| 15 | It is when one recognizes the variations in peasant advancement among even individuals in a single community , as well as from one village or one region to another , that one appreciates the need for caution in calling the fifteenth century the golden age of the English labourer . |
| 16 | The crisis leading to Lenihan 's dismissal arose in connection with reports that in January 1982 the Fianna Fáil leadership had attempted to persuade President Patrick Hillery by telephone to allow them to try to form a government without calling a general election . |
| 17 | Probably some degree of oddness is an inescapable penalty for calling an unestablished unit into service ; this abnormality may be very slight , as in A large novel fell on my head , or it may be considerable , as in I received a lot of kindness from him — would you like to try a bottle ? : |
| 18 | Greenpeace executive director Lord Melchett said that if the government gave the go-ahead without calling a public inquiry , Greenpeace would return to the courts to seek a second judicial review " with our right to do so already established " . |
| 19 | The re-union of the Liberals , forced by the action of Stanley Baldwin in calling the 1923 General Election on the issue of protection , seemed to have worked briefly with a revival in the political fortunes of the Liberal Party . |
| 20 | Shortly after arriving in England , he responded to a petition from a number of Puritan ministers by calling a theological conference at Hampton Court Palace , at which he took the chair for a series of debates between his bishops and the representatives of those looking for reform . |
| 21 | Chomutov 's town hall on Tuesday sent an open letter to President Vaclav Havel saying it would deny access to all transport and would talk to unions about calling a general strike if its environmental demands were not met . |
| 22 | Demirel was permitted 45 days in which to form a new administration , failing which President Turgut Özal would have the option of calling a fresh election . |