Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] call for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 2 | The German Foreign Ministry called for a fairer distribution of the burden of aid to the CIS , citing figures produced by the European Commission which showed that about 75 per cent of all aid to the Soviet Union since September 1990 had come from the EC and 57 per cent from Germany alone ( the figure included humanitarian aid , credits and special payments for troop withdrawal made by Germany ) . |
| 3 | When , at its first meeting in 1831 , the British Association called for a report on the state of mathematics it elicited only three sections , on algebra , trigonometry and the arithmetic of sines , which almost completely ignored the major developments of the previous century and a half . |
| 4 | A SENIOR English judge called for a review of the conduct of serious fraud cases yesterday after ordering that an American lawyer 's defence costs should be paid by the British taxpayer . |
| 5 | The old seaman called for a glass of rum , and stood outside , drinking and looking around . |
| 6 | In May 1984 and in March 1985 Sihanouk called for a neutralised Kampuchea with an international peacekeeping force guaranteed by the superpowers , ASEAN , Vietnam or Australia/New Zealand . |
| 7 | This situation called for a full-scale nervous breakdown . |
| 8 | This position calls for a thorough knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and the role and nature of clinical development . |
| 9 | This problem calls for a major change in the content of our primary education and for the raising of the school entry age so that the child is older when he leaves , and also able to learn more quickly while he is in school . ’ |
| 10 | While a communiqué issued at the end of the meeting stressed that the " Nine " had expressed " their agreement with the CSCM project " , each North African Foreign Minister called for a " pragmatic " approach excluding global solutions to regional problems of security . |
| 11 | In London , the Foreign Office called for a return to democracy , and EC talks have begun on concerted action . |
| 12 | The confrontation was symbolic of the accelerating polarization which had occurred over the previous five years , with the Popular Front calling for a determined re-application of the policies of 1931–3 and the right for radical constitutional revision . |
| 13 | On May 8 the Democratic Party called for a judicial inquiry into the New Nation allegations . |
| 14 | Labour leader calls for a pause |
| 15 | In its latest review of the UK economy , the National Institute calls for a neutral Budget , rather than further interest rate reductions , to maintain the momentum of the nascent economic recovery . |
| 16 | The White Paper called for a fundamental re-examination of penal methods ‘ based on studies of the causes of crime , or rather of the factors which foster or inhibit crime ’ , supported by reliable assessments of the results achieved by existing methods . |
| 17 | IN A RARE display of consensus last week , industry , consumers ' organisations and the environmental movement called for a national committee to examine the social and ethical implications of biotechnology and genetic engineering of plants and animals , Tom Wilkie writes . |
| 18 | On the sunroom walls , chalking off the existing paint calls for a stabilising solution . |
| 19 | The parents of an Oxford haemophiliac who recently died after contracting the H I V virus from contaminated blood , have written to the Prime Minister calling for a quick , out of court compensation deal . |
| 20 | This is one option open to the Home Office as the Prime Minister calls for a ‘ crusade against crime ’ , following a soaring number of crimes committed by a hard core of youthful offenders . |
| 21 | This may sound rather ominous but it is simply one of those periods when adverse planetary activity calls for a tighter grip on the purse-strings . |
| 22 | [ For early June breakthrough on implementing the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty , and Baker 's June 18 speech calling for a " Euro-Atlantic Community " from " Vancouver to Vladivostock " , see p. 38314 . ] |
| 23 | New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer 's speech to the United Nations General Assembly that month called for a global ban , and spelt out the effect that drift-netters were having on the fragile fishing-based economies of the South Pacific . |
| 24 | The Labour spokesman called for a quick decision on RUC requests for more manpower and Mr Brooke replied that he expected to make an announcement very soon . |
| 25 | The group , reminiscent of the old drug-happy hippy-freak Unix culture that was so enamoured of free software , was at one point calling for a boycott of AT&T services . |
| 26 | The first Left-winger to call for a drive against Militant and to recognise the popularity of selling council houses , he said his party ignored the aspirations of young married couples on new housing estates at its peril . |
| 27 | Now , if you want details of Katie 's Legoland adventure , there is that old familiar number to call for a copy of our fact sheet . |
| 28 | The implication relies on some very general expectation of interactional co-operation , which allows one to assume that if one utterance calls for a response ( and the request in ( i ) does so ) , then one may assume ( other things being equal ) that a following utterance is a relevant response ( see Chapters 3 and 6 ) . |
| 29 | If you want any details about Carol 's nightwear feature , there 's the usual number to call for a copy of our Fact Sheet . |
| 30 | Lower windspeeds will need a longer front leg ; stronger wind calls for a shorter front leg . |