Example sentences of "[pron] called for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I called for a re-vote and therefore I insist that we have a re-vote . |
| 2 | The unresolved conflicts in the region were major preoccupations , specifically Senegal 's disputes with Mauritania and with Guinea-Bissau , and the civil war in Liberia — the latter forming the subject of a resolution which called for a cessation of hostilities and the holding of elections . |
| 3 | Lowry was speaking at a conference of " nuclear-free " local authorities , which called for a halt to the import and processing of all foreign radioactive waste , pending a public investigation into the government 's strategy on nuclear waste . |
| 4 | When the Americans were pressed to share knowledge of nuclear power with the Russians , they proposed the Baruch plan ( so named after its originator ) , which called for a system of open inspection among the powers that joined in the plan , and was unacceptable to the Soviet government . |
| 5 | A considerable amount of my time since Annual Conference has been spent in following up Resolution No 25 which called for a specialist review of administration and expenditure . |
| 6 | This was supported by the Political Declaration of the Conference of Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers in February 1981 , which called for a dialogue between the Southeast Asian states to resolve their differences and eliminate the involvement and threats of intervention by outside powers . |
| 7 | Canada played a lead role in negotiating the original Montreal Protocol , and was the first to sign the amended protocol in 1990 , which called for a phase-out of CFCs by 2000 . |
| 8 | In 1985 there was published the White Paper , " Completing the Internal Market " , which called for a programme of legislation to be implemented to create an Internal Market by the end of 1992 . |
| 9 | The government had reportedly also accepted a three-point plan presented by the mediator at the talks , Mgr Rodolfo Quezada Toruño , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Zacapa and president of the Guatemalan Bishops ' Conference , which called for a commission to document , but not punish , perpetrators of past atrocities and for the government to guarantee the rights of captured rebels and of those who had disarmed . |
| 10 | Green Party TD , Trevor Sargent , who called for a debate on the matter , said that , as a result , the injured elephant could not feed itself . |
| 11 | It would seem to be doubtful whether a fall of this magnitude was commensurate with the effort put in by those who called for a boycott , that is , Provisional Sinn Fein , I RSP , Unity and Fathers Faul and Murray . |
| 12 | She called for a system which allowed councils to raise more revenue from local taxation , maximum decentralisation and decision-making and a constructive partnership among local authorities , central government and the European Commission . |
| 13 | Instead she called for a kind of fiction that would record the atoms of experience ‘ as they fall upon the mind , in the order in which they fall ’ , that would ‘ trace the pattern , however disconnected and incoherent in appearance , which each sight or incident scores upon the consciousness ’ . |
| 14 | We called for a code of practice to be given the force of law . |
| 15 | They called for a return to democracy in Peru following the April presidential coup [ see pp. 38846-47 ] and declared themselves " profoundly preoccupied " by the political situation in Haiti and Cuba . |
| 16 | They called for a ceasefire in the region and for access for humanitarian aid deliveries . |
| 17 | They called for a reform of judges ' status and of the conseil supérieur de la magistrature to make it " truly independent from political power " . |
| 18 | It called for a revision of the Prayer Book — and the bishops of that day had no idea how far this call would lead the Churches . |
| 19 | It called for a return to the sunnah and followed a tradition of Islamic resurgence in Egypt in the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | It called for a celebration — a double celebration , really , she decided . |
| 21 | In particular , it called for a pension equal to ‘ a substantial percentage of the national average wage ’ and which should be increased annually in line with earnings or prices , whichever is the higher . |
| 22 | It called for a strengthening of trade associations after the war , with statutory power to fix prices and output levels . |
| 23 | It called for a spot of whisky . |
| 24 | Among a range of other measures , it called for a cut in carbon dioxide emissions of between 60 and 80 per cent by 2005 and a shift from the use of private cars to public transport and bicycles . |
| 25 | He called for a peace conference to create a new pan-European structure with its own security system . |
| 26 | He called for a reduction in the special car tax , and I am sure that he will be delighted that it has been halved . |
| 27 | In the hallway he called for a cab for her , going to Islington . |
| 28 | He called for a referendum on the death penalty , accusing politicians of paying lip service to law and order . |
| 29 | At the LCY central committee plenum in October Simic also said that the new programme of reform could not be implemented by the LCY , and he called for a referendum on these questions and on the Constitution . |
| 30 | He called for a referendum on the limitation of French citizenship to Europeans and those of French blood ( as opposed to those born on French territory , who could currently claim citizenship at 18 ) . |