Example sentences of "[noun sg] call for 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 | It then approved an amendment calling for a new law on forming a government by July . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The part called for a clean-cut , conventional actor . ’ |
| 27 | Campaigner calls for a public debate |
| 28 | Professor Fred Stone of Glasgow University called for a countrywide network of agencies made up from the police , social workers , teachers and other agencies to spot potential troublesome children . |
| 29 | The German Foreign Ministry called for a fairer distribution of the burden of aid to the CIS , citing figures produced by the European Commission which showed that about 75 per cent of all aid to the Soviet Union since September 1990 had come from the EC and 57 per cent from Germany alone ( the figure included humanitarian aid , credits and special payments for troop withdrawal made by Germany ) . |
| 30 | As we have said , if your let-down procedure calls for a final descent rate of 800 ft/min , there is no time for trial and error . |