Example sentences of "[pron] [vb mod] call for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I understand my terms of reference , I can call for such accounts as I wish . |
| 2 | Stomach troubles from sour food or drink is another situation which may call for this remedy . |
| 3 | There she could call for any food or liquor she wanted , so long as she had the wherewithal to pay the inflated prices demanded by the Sponging House keeper . |
| 4 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 5 | Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander . |
| 6 | For example , it may instruct its members to go-slow or work-to-rule or it may call for selective strikes ( in which certain groups of workers stop working for a specified time period ) ; or all the union members may be called out on a one-day strike . |
| 7 | It may call for assertive behaviour in dealing with others to get the matters cleared up . ’ |