Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] call for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only six solo roles call for a male soprano , on the basis of which it is possible to make a few observations . |
| 2 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 3 | Foreign Ministers called for a comprehensive political settlement , and spoke of " the need to create the conditions for an early deployment of UN peacekeeping forces " . |
| 4 | The s the revolution of social services called for a rolling programme and a rolling review and the amendment Mr is utterly meaningless because the matter will be constantly referred back and further considered by social services whatever the amendment says that 's what the original resolution said . |
| 5 | Identification with the group in such circumstances calls for the rejection of that authority . |
| 6 | On April 4 , the state governor , Lt.-Col. John Madaki , a Christian , was reported to have threatened to execute Mallam Yahaya in public if the demonstrations continued , and on April 17 some 2,000 protesters called for the death of Madaki . |
| 7 | The opposition Union of Democratic Forces called for a campaign of protest and civil disobedience , condemning Nabiyev 's election as " a reactionary communist coup " and demanding the lifting of the emergency regulations , the dissolution of the Supreme Soviet and popular presidential elections . |
| 8 | ‘ Nevertheless , I thought two such discrepancies called for an explanation . |
| 9 | The Liberal Democrats called for a ‘ flexible decade of retirement ’ in a new policy blueprint published this week . |
| 10 | In May 1915 the Italian and Swiss Socialist Parties called for a conference of socialists who had ‘ remained true to the old principles of the International … and were ready to fight for the mobilization of Socialists in all countries against war . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | APME president David Beynon said that ‘ these circumstances call for a disciplined and enlightened response from the industry ’ . |
| 13 | Anti-road campaigners called for the government to guarantee long-term protection for Oxleas Wood and pointed out that the change of mind did not necessarily signal a change of policy , with the government 's £23,000 million roads programme continuing to threaten 160 sites of special scientific interest , many of them more valuable than Oxleas Wood . |
| 14 | Even so , the design and making of satisfactory test-pieces calls for a modest degree of skill and experience as the best shape will be different for each kind of material . |
| 15 | Darlington Tory councillors called for a rethink on the scheme after disabled groups complained even though the council has agreed to provide another 44 parking spaces for disabled drivers at Abbot 's Yard . |
| 16 | This leaves no room for the non-realization of the infinitive event since the action of producing an effect necessarily coincides in time with the appearance of the effect ( concurrent causation ) , and so both these verbs call for the bare infinitive . |
| 17 | It echoed reports of the Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths calling for the appropriate supervision of junior doctors , especially outside normal working hours . |
| 18 | Although some black groups called for a boycott of the curfew , it had the effect of restoring an uneasy calm . |
| 19 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Last night the Londonbased Society for Black Lawyers called for a public inquiry into the men 's cases and for the dismissal of the officers involved in their arrest . |
| 22 | JERUSALEM ( Reuter ) — Britain 's senior diplomat in the Israeli-occupied territories called for an inquiry into the killing by troops of an Arab youth . |
| 23 | Office parties or casual occasions call for an outfit that 's special but not over the top ; smart , but not dull . |
| 24 | Nasrallah argued that those parties calling for a boycott of the elections had nevertheless in 1982 participated in the presidential elections which , he said , had been held " under Israeli guns " . |
| 25 | In 1972 the United Nations called for a ten-year moratorium on all commercial whaling to be enacted through the IWC . |
| 26 | M Beregovoy said : ‘ This morning the President sent letters to the heads of state of all the nuclear powers calling for a rapid conclusion to negotiations on strategic disarmament and proposing the suspension of nuclear tests . ’ |
| 27 | Endorsing a document entitled the " Dakar Declaration " , G-15 leaders called for the issue of human rights violations to be discussed with greater awareness of the " close inter-relationship between democracy , human rights and development " . |
| 28 | Those respondents calling for a drastic limitation of the professions ' liability and/or the abolition of the Compensation Fund altogether , often voiced the angry conviction that the transition from profession to trade — with the accompanying loss of status for the services of solicitors which that implied — had accelerated in recent years to the point at which the profession could no longer be called upon to pay for the dubious moral privilege of an ‘ anachronistic ’ system of compensation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Debate in the early days of the new Assembly was reported as more lively than previously , and opposition members were said to be testing the government 's receptiveness to reform : 32 members called for the formation of a committee to investigate Kuwait 's failure to anticipate or respond to the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] ; several members were said to have demanded an investigation of alleged mishandling of Kuwait 's overseas investments ; and a draft law was introduced that would widen the franchise , including extending the vote to women . |