Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wept and spoke at the same time — uttering fragments of sentences , half completed threats , pieces of swear words , repeating the name Richard over and over with the intonation of a child calling for its mother . |
| 2 | ON APRIL 26 , Qin Benli , the editor of the Shanghai-based Shijie Jingjie Dao Bao ( World Economic Herald ) was sacked for publishing notes of a forum calling for the rehabilitation of Hu Yaobang , the former disgraced Communist Party 's general secretary who died in April this year , and expressing support for the student demonstrations in Tiananmen Square . |
| 3 | The executive is recommending rejection of a motion calling for unilateral disarmament . |
| 4 | The only concession allowed by the party leadership was the acceptance of an amendment calling for the development of emergency procedures for greater consultation between the MPs and the national executive committee after complaints that its members had no knowledge of the deal with the Government until the Commons vote had taken place . |
| 5 | A hardline motion calling for black sections is almost certain to be thrown out on Friday and the party could be left without a policy as support for a proposition calling for societies with exclusively black members is also in doubt . |
| 6 | PARENTS at one of Scotland 's largest state schools are collecting names for a petition to call for an opt-out ballot . |
| 7 | In spite of an overwhelming vote in the European Parliament last week for a report calling for all Euro seats to be elected by PR , the Government remains opposed to changing the traditional first-past-the-post system . |
| 8 | Collins wants to push through a motion calling for lead levels in petrol to be reduced to 0–15 grams per litre ( the level Britain intends to impose by 1985 ) . |
| 9 | disturbed you but I wo n't be on the phone long cos I er , my name is Bill and I work with a firm called for Windows . |
| 10 | Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law . |
| 11 | Sudan , and reportedly Yemen , had also urged the lifting of sanctions while dissenting from a resolution calling for their extension passed by the Islamic Conference Organization ( ICO ) at its summit in Dakhar on Dec. 9 [ see p. 38699 ] . |
| 12 | In a novel called For Love Alone , described by the publishers as a sexy sizzler , she tells how a Czech woman loses her husband to a leggy honey blonde with a soft Southern drawl . |
| 13 | Britain , Denmark and perhaps others will be in a camp calling for minimal changes in 1996 . |
| 14 | Therefore detection of damp in a survey calls for further examination and report ( usually free ) by a specialist contractor , who should be a member of the British Chemical Damp Proof Association . |
| 15 | HUNDREDS of signatures have been collected in a petition calling for swift action on the Skelton and Brotton Hospital . |
| 16 | And entering upon a marriage calls for human decision . |
| 17 | The United Kingdom , which at the 1989 conference in Malaysia had been isolated because of its opposition to a declaration calling for an intensification of sanctions against South Africa , took a lead in Harare on several issues . |
| 18 | The GSLP , which was traditionally strongly opposed to Spain 's claim of sovereignty over the territory , had campaigned on a platform calling for greater autonomy from the United Kingdom , particularly in the economic sphere . |
| 19 | The more radical nationalist Catalan Republican Left ( ERC ) , led by Angel Colom , won 11 seats with 8 per cent ( six and 4.1 per cent in 1988 ) , on a platform calling for a referendum on independence for Catalonia and the other autonomous regions . |
| 20 | The component in question is cylinder part No. 641917 and earlier versions , which the Board says should be subject to an AD calling for periodic non-destructive inspection to detect cracks or defects in the rocker shaft bosses . |
| 21 | Shortly before he was due to take mock exams , he was at a geography lesson which was interrupted by a teacher calling for his services in a football match . |