Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] call for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1990 members of the European Parliament called for an immediate suspension of all scientific co-operation projects between Israel and the EC , amidst plans for a doubling of direct EC aid to the occupied territories to US$12,000,000 a year by 1992 [ see also p. 37627 ] . |
| 2 | On Nov. 22 the European Parliament called for an investigation into the activities of secret anti-communist organizations , especially Gladio , which , it said , had " escaped all democratic control " . |
| 3 | On Oct. 25 , 1990 , the European Parliament called for an immediate EC moratorium on tropical hardwood imports from Malaysia as result of the " catastrophic " deforestation in Sarawak , and also for the introduction of quotas for hardwood imports from other countries . |
| 4 | On the same day , Italy and Austria called for a meeting of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe [ see also p. 38314 ] ; the EC 's European Parliament called for an immediate meeting of CSCE foreign ministers ; and German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher proposed invocation of the CSCE emergency procedure agreed the previous week . |
| 5 | The European Parliament called for an independent inquiry and proposed an arms embargo on Indonesia . |
| 6 | Building upon the objective of improving the living and working conditions embodied in the Treaty of Rome , and consolidated in the SEA , both the Economic and Social Committee and the European Parliament called for an explicit political commitment to fundamental social rights . |
| 7 | Following the wrecking of the town of Sirnak in August [ see pp. 39067-68 ] , the normally pro-government Turkish Daily News called for an investigation into claims that the army had run amok . |
| 8 | The sensitivity needed in this area calls for an emphasis on certain points before the more controversial ones are attempted . |
| 9 | The Labour plan calls for an increased effort to meet the EC nitrogen dioxide directive ; better monitoring and the regular broadcasting of air quality information on the media ; the retrospective fitting of catalytic converters to vehicles ; and a halt to the government 's road-building programme . |
| 10 | He was replaced on an interim basis by his deputy , Faruq Dahruj , and the LCP central committee called for an extraordinary conference to discuss the party 's political plan and organizational structure , change the party 's name and elect a new leadership . |
| 11 | ‘ Nevertheless , I thought two such discrepancies called for an explanation . |
| 12 | When techniques are applied in the classroom and their effects are monitored , the question arises as to whether and to what extent these effects call for an adjustment of the techniques as realizations of a particular principle , or for a reappraisal of the principle itself . |
| 13 | President Boris Yeltsin of the Russian Federation flew to Estonia on Jan. 13 and issued a joint statement with the three Baltic Presidents calling for an emergency UN conference on the crisis . |
| 14 | JERUSALEM ( Reuter ) — Britain 's senior diplomat in the Israeli-occupied territories called for an inquiry into the killing by troops of an Arab youth . |
| 15 | Office parties or casual occasions call for an outfit that 's special but not over the top ; smart , but not dull . |
| 16 | In December , the EC ‘ welcomed ’ a report from the European Commission calling for an acceleration of the easterners ' integration . |
| 17 | On May 29 Bush called for an end to the proliferation of chemical , biological and nuclear weapons in the Middle East and urged the world 's leading arms suppliers , notably the five permanent members of the UN Security Council , to convene an international conference to devise guidelines to curb arms sales to the region . |
| 18 | The clashes spread to the republic 's parliament building yesterday afternoon , when suspected Serb gunmen opened fire on tens of thousands of demonstrators , who had braved the troubled streets to call for an end to the spiralling violence . |
| 19 | He had seized the opportunity while they dined to make another copy of a revolutionary tract calling for an end to French rule . |
| 20 | The third and fourth promise that the DUP ‘ offers the firmest stand against all attempts to force Ulster down the Dublin road ’ , while the fifth section calls for an all-out war against the IRA and the return of the death penalty as ‘ the only suitable punishment for the heinous murders committed in our Province ’ . |
| 21 | Palestinian leaders in the occupied territories called for an escalation of the intifada , in response to the formation of what they called a " terrorist " government . |