Example sentences of "[noun sg] call [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 26 October the Chronicle called for a National Guard which would unite " the most respectable and efficient of the middle and labouring classes " . |
| 2 | The national radio , Voix du Zaïre , reported that in Kinshasa on April 10 a peaceful student demonstration calling for a national conference had been dispersed by troops using tear gas . |
| 3 | Lower windspeeds will need a longer front leg ; stronger wind calls for a shorter front leg . |
| 4 | It was a view which in essence called for a confederal or intergovernmental mould , rather closer perhaps to the British stand than to the vision of Monnet or Spaak . |
| 5 | SUPPORT for Britain 's coal industry came last night from an unexpected quarter as the right wing pressure group Aims of Industry called for a wide ranging review . |
| 6 | Crowds estimated at several tens of thousands massed in central Antananarivo daily in the week after the killings , as most workers apparently supported opposition calls for a general strike . |
| 7 | Geoffrey Palmer , Prime Minister of New Zealand , promptly announced his intention to call for a global ban on drift-netting during his address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York in October . |
| 8 | The third and favoured ‘ radical-moderate ’ option is an eight-point plan calling for a consistent denationalisation of property ; reliance on new tax and credit levers to curb excess profits , encourage resource conservation , and direct investment for consumer goods production ; a system of fixed , floating , and free prices ; and creation of a financial market . |
| 9 | They have devised a new plan calling for a dozen man-made lakes to store rain and to render the Atlanta region ‘ drought-proof ’ for the next half-century . |
| 10 | The committee called for a special report on the matter . |
| 11 | On Friday 22 March , John Carroll of the ITGWU called for a sworn public inquiry into the possible health hazards of the Raybestos factory , though also saying Raybestos must be allowed to go ahead . |
| 12 | The 1990 plan called for a convertible currency trade surplus of $700,000,000 through a 7-8 per cent increase in exports . |
| 13 | The plan called for a main attack by 26 divisions in July on a 40-km/25-ml front running north and south of the village of Krevo , west of Molodetchno . |
| 14 | On 4th , May 1926 , the Trades Union Council called for a General Strike in support or striking coal miners . |
| 15 | The issue called for a great deal of understanding on both sides , which inevitably in many cases could not be guaranteed . |
| 16 | The plan calls for a 17 percent reduction in timber felling over the next year , but avoids offering long tern protection to the owl or its habitat . |
| 17 | The case was adjourned until January 28th after the Judge called for a full explanation of the social services delay . |
| 18 | Marriage calls for a certain degree of maturity . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | At a meeting called by a philanthropic group to discuss funding of " education for artisans " , Mr McCrie spoke of the low educational attainments of his work-force : twenty " girls between thirteen and twenty … each girl respectably connected " . |
| 22 | Taking his curtain calls after a successful speech , he drew her to him by the hand and entwined his arms with hers until she gently shook him off , whereupon he enjoyed his triumph for a while manfully alone , until he again resorted to his wife Glenys , going to fetch her , leading her again by the hand , and holding her by the waist . |
| 23 | It then approved an amendment calling for a new law on forming a government by July . |
| 24 | In presenting his new government , comprised largely of young technocrats without previous government experience , Petre Roman called for a rapid transformation to a market economy . |
| 25 | The initial public response to the outbreak of war was an upsurge of patriotic fervour , at any rate among the middle and upper classes : the Kadet leadership in the Duma called for a political truce and national unity against the common enemy . |
| 26 | The information about God and his will which the Christian receives through reading the Bible calls for a tough response that is anything but sentimental . |
| 27 | He issued the text of his decree calling for a nationwide vote of confidence , and it omitted any reference to the special powers he had claimed on Saturday during a televised address . |
| 28 | On council estates every tenant will have the right to call in a private contractor if the council fails to do a minor repair . |
| 29 | The part called for a clean-cut , conventional actor . ’ |
| 30 | Campaigner calls for a public debate |