Example sentences of "[adv] call for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It can be interpreted more narrowly as merely calling for an incidental adjustment in the form of an annotation of the present birth register . |
| 2 | The melodic line must stand out with the greatest power and clarity in our arrangement , and obviously calls for a great sweep of strings . |
| 3 | Louis Blom-Cooper , QC in the Listener , Bernard Levin in the Observer , Leo Abse , MP in the Spectator all called for an immediate inquiry , while Julian Symons in the Sunday Times , C. H. Rolph in the Times Literary Supplement , Mervyn Jones in the New Statesman all declared categorically that Meehan was innocent and should be granted a free pardon under the Royal Prerogative of Mercy . |
| 4 | Rev. Cahal Daly , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Down and Connor , all called for an independent public inquiry into the killings , but Brooke declared that he had every confidence in the investigation being undertaken by the Royal Ulster Constabulary . |
| 5 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
| 6 | Thus , how Gorbachev finally called for a free market , free elections and freedom from the Soviet Republics that want to leave the Union . |
| 7 | In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time . |
| 8 | Without hard evidence , he remained sceptical of the Interfor Report 's findings , but nevertheless called for a genuine public inquiry . |
| 9 | This seems to be the view of Lord Donaldson , that truly sagacious Master of the Rolls , who has just called for a new corps of paralegal ‘ civil justices ’ to get people like me off the hook . |
| 10 | Nevertheless calls for a congressional inquiry into the October Surprise allegations increased throughout the month as further circumstantial evidence was uncovered . |
| 11 | The Crown 's practical arguments were that the case was so rare that it could not call for a fundamental reformulation of the law and that it was impossible for their lordships to set limits on the application of the principle which , being a matter of policy , was a question for the legislature . |
| 12 | Projects of this sort certainly do not call for an elaborate cost-benefit analysis ; resources should be assigned to them on the basis of a simple ‘ back-of-an-envelope ’ analysis or an informed subjective decision . |
| 13 | They thus called for a managerial policy to facilitate promotion earlier in life , linked to flexible retirement wherever possible . |
| 14 | The President had also apparently abandoned his aim of holding the first round of legislative elections on Oct. 25 [ see p. 39086 ] , and agreed to reschedule them for late November ( with a number of opposition parties still calling for a further postponement ) . |
| 15 | Yet many on the left in Israel still called for a Palestinian homeland while guaranteeing Israel 's security . |
| 16 | One of the bodies which strongly challenged the costs — the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy ( CIPFA ) — yesterday called for a new study of the costings . |
| 17 | AGE CONCERN Scotland yesterday called for a public debate on methods of restraint applied to frail elderly people cared for in residential homes or by relatives . |
| 18 | LITHUANIA 'S leader , Mr Algirdas Brazauskas , yesterday called for a united front to establish statehood at the opening of a crucial congress of the republic 's Communist Party . |
| 19 | HARD-UP nurses yesterday called for an 8.7 per cent rise — amid fears of pay curbs . |
| 20 | First division sides receive around £13,500 Courage assistance , but Sudbury and Askeans have successfully called for a new look at the way the money is divided . |
| 21 | The exiled monarch had also called for an immediate end to military rule . |
| 22 | By 1942 the Labour Party Conference was also calling for a comprehensive scheme of social security , adequate cash payments to provide security whatever the contingency , a scheme of family allowances , and a national health service . |
| 23 | And he is also calling for a massive reduction in overseas aid , already hit by the fall in the value of the pound . |
| 24 | It also calls for a higher price threshold for company car tax . |
| 25 | It also calls for a simplified system of authorization , with industrial licensing being concentrated in a single agency . |
| 26 | It also calls for a rigid speed limit to be imposed on motorists and for short-term parking bays to be made available . |
| 27 | Respect for Animals also calls for an immediate ban on fur farming , an end to fur sales within five years and for people to show their feelings if they see somebody wearing a pelt in the street . |
| 28 | This probably calls for a basic two-part structure , with part one detailing your assumptions , deductions and conclusions , and giving your analysis of the problems , while part two looks at possible alternative courses of action and spells out your ‘ solution ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ If you stay here she 'll probably call for a dozen more rehearsals of that damn kiss — so why do n't we cut out of here for a while and go for a coffee ? |
| 30 | President Assad visited Mubarak in Alexandria on Aug. 28 , after which both called for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal and a " restoration of legitimacy " in Kuwait . |