Example sentences of "[prep] call for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After calling for a return to work they organised a series of campaigns , about censorship , the campaign for the eight hour working day . |
| 2 | Obviously , the adventurers may try elaborate or complicated ploys here such as calling for a blessing , Dispel Magic spells , and so on . |
| 3 | On Sept. 8 , 1989 , Emmanuel Moigua and Kalilu Titangay , members of the Pan-African Union ( Panafu ) group were detained for calling for a week of anti-racist and anti-Zionist action , including a campaign against the influential Israeli-managed N. R. Scippa company which was involved in diamond and gold mining and in importing rice . |
| 4 | The NFFO yesterday drew back from calling for a sea and road blockade to stop the supplies of foreign fish . |
| 5 | Far from suggesting that the two sides were moving towards a new spirit of co-operation , the diplomats said they were a long way from calling for a ceasefire . |
| 6 | ‘ Thank you , Rosie , ’ Nanny said to her subordinate , before calling for a way through the throng of servants who had gathered to see hounds move off . |
| 7 | An 1896 commission by the Department of the Interior joined the National Academy of Sciences in calling for a doubling of these reserves , a proposal vigorously resisted by the timber industry . |
| 8 | For Labour , accommodation to the changing mood meant adopting the essentially green idea of assessing the environmental costs of growth and working them into the balance sheets ( which the Tories are also adopting ) , but it did not mean following the Greens in calling for a halt to growth . |
| 9 | In calling for a vote on European union , TODAY is speaking up for what most of us have wanted for a long time . |
| 10 | CPRW 's National Executive Committee agreed this course of action yesterday , following a request from the Friends of Cardigan Bay that CPRW join them in calling for a suspension of the 14th Round of Oil/Gas Licensing ( 1 ) . |
| 11 | Now he has switched to calling for a vote for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 12 | The Bosnian deputies have given themselves a let-out by calling for a referendum on the peace plan on May 15th and 16th . |
| 13 | Soviet spokesmen sought credit from the non-aligned states by attacking Western efforts to turn Cyprus into a NATO military base and by calling for a withdrawal of all foreign forces from the island . |
| 14 | The letter started by saying that ‘ permission can not be given ’ but finished by calling for a site meeting ( a most peculiar letter really ) . |
| 15 | Lothian and Borders Police should begin by calling for a weapons amnesty similar to that underway in Strathclyde . |