Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [verb] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Victim Support has asked for an apology for the ‘ apparent inhuman treatment ’ of victim Sohail Ahmed , 32 , at Balham station , South London . |
| 2 | However , the parliament has called for an investigation into how this particular project came to be funded . |
| 3 | Wirral housing committee has called for an urgent meeting with housing minister Sir George Young . |
| 4 | A Chief Constable has asked for an inquiry into the running of the world 's biggest military airshow . |
| 5 | But his boss has asked for an investigation into what he called evil and wicked aspects of the case . |
| 6 | Within that static total , wine has accounted for an increasing share of total alcohol consumption and the amount of alcohol consumed in the form of spirits has fallen by 30% . |
| 7 | In your letter you present the fact that yourself and the Deputy Director have opted for an increase based on the Grade 1 salary and presumably you saw that as a gesture of good will or a concession to our demands . |
| 8 | A national newspaper had called for an army of Mansell fans to turn out , but fewer than two hundred actually did . |
| 9 | AI has called for an independent inquiry into the killings and repeatedly called for a curb on the use of firearms by the security forces . |
| 10 | A PARLIAMENTARY candidate has called for an investigation into why there was a delay in an ambulance reaching a woman who died after plunging from a window . |
| 11 | A Tory councillor has called for an end to the row which broke out after Darlington council checks revealed faults in the crash barriers around the upper deck of the NCP car park in East Street . |
| 12 | The UK government had pressed for an earlier start . |
| 13 | It came on 14 July , a day on which the French Ambassador had asked for an audience with King William , who was taking the waters at the spa town of Ems , and had been twice refused , courteously but firmly . |
| 14 | In September , after the central trade union federation had called for an acceleration of the process of democratization , the PCT decided to abolish the one-party system [ see p. 37701 ] . |
| 15 | An MP has called for an inquiry into the causes of teenage car crime , but police say there 's no reason to panic . |
| 16 | As a result , he accelerated the Centre 's latest move into the SIP building , a former scientific instruments factory on the fringe of industrial Geneva and near to the opera house , which the city had acquired for an arts and exhibition complex . |
| 17 | The Prime Minister has called for an end to smears and personal attacks in the run-up to the election with a focus on policies and issues . |
| 18 | As it is now three years since the present display team was formed the time has come for an audition to be held , this will be early in the autumn . |
| 19 | Strett also converted the try by Morris , who capitalised on what the pack had started for an opportunist try at the posts . |
| 20 | In the end , the mother had sent for an old lady from the Isle of Anglesey , thought to be a witch . |
| 21 | Stephen Dent 's family have applied for an extension to Roman Rudyayev 's visa because he 's achieved remarkable results with their son . |