Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] call for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Identification with the group in such circumstances calls for the rejection of that authority . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It echoed reports of the Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Deaths calling for the appropriate supervision of junior doctors , especially outside normal working hours . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 " . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The regional officers also wrote to the Chilean authorities calling for the prompt introduction of legislation which will give official licenses to the many community radio and TV stations that hitherto have been operating under severe restrictions . |
| 10 | County had lost six of their last eight League games at the Baseball Ground , which had prompted disgruntled supporters to call for the resignation of manager Arthur Cox . |
| 11 | The Central American participants called for the liberalization of the banana market in view of the possible drop in banana exports once the European single market was established at the end of 1992 . |
| 12 | The US Congress passed in October two resolutions calling for the preservation of Antarctica as a " global ecological commons " . |
| 13 | In a joint statement afterwards the two sides called for the immediate resumption of the GATT global trade talks in Geneva . |
| 14 | Labour MPs called for the security services to be put under the control of a Commons committee , and barraged John Major with questions . |
| 15 | Recent protests by disillusioned supporters calling for the dismissal of player-boss John Carroll have prompted the club to get both sides together to discuss the club 's situation . |
| 16 | Senior front-benchers called for the party to reflect and rebuild , rather than offer ‘ instant wisdom ’ on the reasons it lost . |
| 17 | The local vicar and local MP Stan Crowther added their names to a petition of local worthies calling for the council to change its mind . |
| 18 | The key point being made with these examples is that decisions involving qualitative factors call for the use of judgement by the manager . |
| 19 | Qualitative factors call for the exercise of managerial judgement , and decisions involving value considerations should be taken , or at least reviewed , at a higher management level . |