Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] call for a " in BNC.
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| 31 | In a plan adopted by the cabinet , and sent to parliament for approval , the government calls for a reduction of 35 per cent in pesticide applications by 1995 , rising to 50 per cent by the year 2000 . |
| 32 | Meanwhile , East Germans , outraged by disclosures of corruption among their former Communist leaders , continued their drive to uncover the scale of offences while the government called for a ‘ security partnership ’ between the people and state institutions to expose the extent of abuse . |
| 33 | The competition called for a first chapter of 2000 words to include a couple of phrases along the lines of ‘ the scent of freshly washed hair++ ’ |
| 34 | In May the DUAC called for a special ‘ industries for Derry ’ drive , with an office in the city as its focal point . |
| 35 | The application called for a ruling to order US payment of compensation " in accordance with the injuries suffered by the Islamic Republic and the bereaved families " . |
| 36 | The statement called for a 50 per cent reduction , ‘ appropriately applied ’ , in their strategic arsenals , an interim INF agreement and appropriate measures to ‘ prevent an arms race in space ’ . |
| 37 | Ignoring reported differences over interest rates , the statement called for a " medium-term strategy " containing " inflationary expectations " and creating " the conditions for sustainable growth and new jobs " . |
| 38 | The statement called for a meeting between a Libyan and a United Kingdom delegate to discuss this issue . |
| 39 | The report calls for a nationwide audit of endangered species and places to be followed by a nationwide conservation scheme . |
| 40 | The report calls for a ban on all such imports . |
| 41 | The report called for a continuing government-sponsored evaluation of timber-frame housing , longer-term guarantees , and voluntary limits by house-builders on the number of dwellings built by this method . |
| 42 | The report called for a major debate each year on this White Paper and recommended the creation of a new public Expenditure Select Committee to take the place of the former Estimates Committee . |
| 43 | As far as the institutional structure was concerned , the report called for a rationalization of the present pattern to be based on a network of centres in each region , including an important role for the colleges of education ( technical ) , particularly in developing pilot schemes for professional tutors , of whom there should be at least one in every further education college . |
| 44 | The letter calls for a moratorium on irradiated food until ( i ) it can be controlled by means of tests carried out by hygiene and quality enforcement officers , ( ii ) agreement is reached on labelling , ( iii ) its consumption is shown to pose no threat to human health , and ( iv ) a positive need for this kind of food preparation is identified . |
| 45 | David Blunkett , replying for the national executive , persuaded delegates from Kingston-upon-Thames not to press the motion calling for a commitment to sack all the health authority chairmen and senior managers appointed by the present administration . |
| 46 | The specification called for a fast vehicle with a low silhouette and when it was built , it proved to be the fastest tank in the British Army . |
| 47 | The position calls for a person with sufficient experience and confidence to interview chief executives and finance directors . |
| 48 | If your technique is delivered after the referee called for a halt , then as well as not scoring you may also pick up a penalty . |
| 49 | The Act also grants the auditor the power to call for a judicial review of an authority 's decision . |
| 50 | This impression of the infinitive event 's already being in the bag calls for a representation in which there is no separation between the event denoted by the infinitive and that denoted by bid , no way to conceive the bidding as existing without the infinitive 's event also being actualized . |
| 51 | The office called for a thick skin , a loud voice and an aggressive personality — qualities which the pressures of competitive life in an unfamiliar environment tended to develop . |
| 52 | The agreement called for a trade turnover of 4,800 million Swiss francs , an increase of 17 per cent over 1988 . |
| 53 | When the recipe called for a sprig of ‘ bruised thyme ’ it added a further twenty minutes while he and Kate deliberated as to whether bruised was the same as battered with a knife handle , or meant merely rubbed between the forefinger and thumb . |
| 54 | The more radical nationalist Catalan Republican Left ( ERC ) , led by Angel Colom , won 11 seats with 8 per cent ( six and 4.1 per cent in 1988 ) , on a platform calling for a referendum on independence for Catalonia and the other autonomous regions . |
| 55 | After what Roy 's been through , every day calls for a celebration . |
| 56 | * Friends of the Earth have issued a paper calling for a statutory duty of environmental protection to be placed on all government departments and local authorities . |
| 57 | Around 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a swimming pool in Bedale . |
| 58 | More than a quarter of the islands ' adults have signed a petition calling for a sheriff 's inquiry into the incident , claiming that the Department of Transport 's private marine accident investigation and Lord Donaldson 's general investigation do not go far enough . |
| 59 | At the TUC of September 1899 , the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants moved a resolution calling for a special conference to discuss the representation of the working man in Parliament . |
| 60 | On Thursday delegates approved a resolution calling for a two-year ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea . |