Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] call for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the development of strong , authoritarian , state-like bodies , human control over arid and semi-arid areas was extended through irrigation works , whose construction and maintenance called for an organization which Wittfogel ( 1957 , p.136 ) characterized as ‘ benevolent in form and oppressive in content . ’ |
| 2 | Brazil called it a step backward in international relations and Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities . |
| 3 | The South African government was unanimously condemned for the level of violence in the country and delegates called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to debate the issue [ see also p. 38990 ] . |
| 4 | The South African government was unanimously condemned for the level of violence in the country and delegates called for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to debate the issue [ see also p. 38990 ] . |
| 5 | After the 1915 offensives , the troops had come to believe that if Pétain called for an attack there must be some point to it , that it would not be a senseless sacrifice of lives in the way of those over-ambitious generals , out to gain recognition from the conquest at any price of a few yards of enemy trench . |
| 6 | Coal and Power called for an integrated and rationalized scheme for power , a follow up to the Liberal Manifesto of 1923 which suggested that coal and power supplies should be placed under the control of a public board presided over by a minister . |