Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] call on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who wishes to contribute must catch the Chairman 's eye and the usual practice then is for the Chairman to call on the persons in the order in which he has seen them . |
| 2 | The chairman called on the Department to take action about those complaints because if it did not do so there would be little industry left to take action about . |
| 3 | Also at the United Nations , the President called on the Soviet Union to reduce its stocks immediately to 20 per cent of the current US arsenal , which is unofficial estimated to be 30,000 tons . |
| 4 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 5 | In its report , The Fight Against Fraud ( HL Paper 44 , HMSO , £6.60 ) , the Committee calls on the Commission to draw up a specific action programme for the Council of Ministers to consider , setting out the times by which each element is to be completed and requiring that progress reports , accompanied by a report from the Court of Auditors , should be submitted to the European and national Parliaments . |
| 6 | The group calls on the experience of land and marine geologists , sedimentologists and coastal engineers . |
| 7 | The petition calls on the secretary of state to ask BS not to go ahead with the planned transport switch and to urge BR to promote the Red-mire branch for freight and passenger traffic . |
| 8 | The petition calls on the watchdog to ‘ force Welsh Water to take action sooner rather than later to upgrade the sewage works . ’ |
| 9 | The summit called on the Commission to prepare urgent ( by October , according to Jacques Delors , the President of the European Commission ) proposals for " short-term credits and longer-term support for structural reform " in the Soviet Union . |
| 10 | The summit called on the forthcoming Paris summit of member states of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , proposed for Nov. 19 , 1990 , to establish a common position on future security arrangements , economic co-operation and democratic consolidation in Europe . |
| 11 | Faced with a possible food shortage amounting to 2,800 million tonnes in 1991 , the summit called on the international community for assistance , particularly in Angola and Mozambique . |
| 12 | In a special statement on Haiti the summit called on the European Communities to help with the strict enforcement of the OAS economic embargo imposed after the coup in September [ see p. 38430 ] until President Aristide was reinstated . |
| 13 | On April 15 the government called on the Ugandan authorities to " shoulder their responsibilities " in helping restore peace . |
| 14 | In view of the appalling massacre that took place last week in East Timor , will the Government call on the United Nations Security Council to discuss East Timor ? |
| 15 | The daughter called on the social worker to assist because without speech there were general communication problems . |
| 16 | The rogue called on the plaintiff next day and the watch and the ring were handed over to him in exchange for a building society cheque for the agreed amount . |
| 17 | The Teesside and District Society for the Blind called on the county to extend the free scheme to the partially-sighted but Coun Walsh said this was unlikely due to cash constraints . |
| 18 | The mayor was in the process of proposing a motion of sympathy with Lady Churchill , following the death of Sir Winston , when James Gallagher of Creggan Heights rose in the public gallery to read a short statement on behalf of the DUAC calling on the councillors to sink their political differences and to unite in efforts to press the Government to establish new industries in Derry . |
| 19 | The report calls on the EC to shift support to organic and other ecological forms of farming , to phase out support for intensive farming , to end subsidies on EC exports and to impose taxes on pesticides and synthetic fertilisers . |
| 20 | The report called on the Government not to introduce laws forcing cyclists to wear a helmet and advised against encouraging cyclists to do so . |
| 21 | The resolution called on the Security Council to " urgently contemplate … the means to end fighting and restore the unity and territorial integrity of the Republic of Bosnia-Hercegovina " . |
| 22 | The motion called on the chamber to reconsider the issue in a few years ' time . |
| 23 | The congress called on the government to reopen schools and Niamey University , closed following rioting on Feb. 27 . |
| 24 | While refraining from citing the brutality of warring factions in Somalia , the document called on the NAM " to play a leadership role in … response to the ongoing tragedy " and to take immediate measures " for the purpose of co-ordinating emergency humanitarian assistance for Somalia " . |
| 25 | SINN Fein today dismissed a demand from two senior MPs for the party to call on the IRA to lay down its arms in the wake of the Warrington bomb outrage . |
| 26 | Only the duke of Normandy presumed to make this explicit , allowing his own name to be introduced into the chant after the prayers for the French king , so that the congregation called on the great warrior saints to guarantee the duke 's safety and perpetual peace . |
| 27 | More than 5,000 Swindon fans have signed a petition calling on the sports governing body to return the club to the first flight , replacing another side which has already pulled out of the league . |
| 28 | Now , John McFadyen and his girlfriend Elizabeth Woodey , of Bexhill Avenue , have started a petition calling on the borough council to help provide a centre . |
| 29 | Castle Square tenants association had submitted a petition calling on the council to withdraw the offer . |
| 30 | A PETITION calling on the Government to reverse its pits closure programme will be handed in to Shadow Trade and Industry spokesman Robin Cook in Parliament today . |