Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] call on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ceasefire broke down within hours , however , and the Croatian Defence Ministry called on the population to mobilize for a " very long defensive campaign " . |
| 2 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |
| 3 | On his way home from Asia Minor Stephen Lazarević called on the Byzantine emperor , Manuel II Paleologus , who conferred on the Serbian leader the title of despot . |
| 4 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation called on the next government to give the National Rivers Authority powers to veto thirsty building and industrial developments , and to make more water available for rivers and wetlands . |
| 5 | The Scottish National Party put down a Commons motion calling on the Prime Minister to dissociate himself from his press spokesman . |
| 6 | A conference declaration called on the UN Security Council to take measures against Serbia and Montenegro including the use of force in accordance with the UN Charter to repel aggression against Bosnia . |
| 7 | On April 9 the national executive of the right-wing Hindu militant Bharatiya Janata Party called on the government to engage in " hot pursuit " of terrorists and to strike at training camps in Pakistan . |
| 8 | She stressed , however , that " I have no reason to believe that the President 's policy [ of non-intervention ] is going to change " and she denied that President Bush had previously made any policy speech calling on the Iraqi people to overthrow the Iraqi government . |
| 9 | Over the next few days the press was busy reporting doubts about the political wisdom of abolishing SERPS among ‘ ministers and Conservative MPs ’ while the Opposition tabled a censure motion calling on the Government to withdraw its plans to abolish SERPS and its ‘ callous dismantling of the Welfare State ’ . |
| 10 | But after the weekend killing of 23 Pakistani UN troops , a new Somali-language radio station called on the 18,000-strong multinational peace-keeping force to go . |
| 11 | President Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia , a Muslim , condemned the attacks , and in a letter to the acting Yugoslav defence minister called on the Serbian-dominated army to cease all hostilities in Bosnia . |
| 12 | In April AI called on the Mauritanian Government to investigate reports that up to 200 political prisoners had died or been killed in military or police custody — some executed without trial and many others as a result of torture . |
| 13 | America 's Congressional Budget Office called on the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates . |