Example sentences of "by calling for " in BNC.
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| 1 | WASPS come to attention in the league tomorrow by calling for the old guard in an effort to repulse Gloucester 's rugged raiders at Sudbury . |
| 2 | THE five presidents of Central America kept the beleaguered regional peace process alive yesterday with an agreement that bolstered the governments of Nicaragua and El Salvador by calling for the demobilisation of rebel forces in both countries . |
| 3 | Amer Midani , United 's second largest shareholder , had apparently annoyed Edwards last weekend by calling for the public flotation of the shares . |
| 4 | Senator Robert Dole , the Republican leader in the US Senate , went further than most by calling for aid to be diverted to East Europe at the expense of long-standing recipients such as Egypt . |
| 5 | His victory speech started by being vicious and unforgiving — and ended by calling for harmony . |
| 6 | Pressure to move to a policy of electoral reform is certain to grow , and the Left is expected to line up behind Mr Gould by calling for a radical rethink of economic policy . |
| 7 | The House of Commons Social Services Committee 's report Children in Care had started this process in 1984 by calling for ‘ a thorough-going review of the body of statute law , regulations and judicial decisions ’ ( para 119 ) , in order to produce a simplified and coherent body of law . |
| 8 | Already Teresa Gorman MP has supported TODAY 's campaign by calling for an automatic life sentence for rape . |
| 9 | Sir Nicholas Lyell responded to our campaign on Monday by calling for papers on Courtney . |
| 10 | Wilkinson attempted to quell any possible protest by the Elland Road contingent during Sunday 's TV clash at Chelsea by calling for trust in his judgement . |
| 11 | TODDLER Peter Marriott saved his father 's life by calling for help on a CB radio . |
| 12 | Feminist psychologists , too , tackle working-class women , s under-representation in psychology in a half-hearted way , by calling for more of them . |
| 13 | The Bosnian deputies have given themselves a let-out by calling for a referendum on the peace plan on May 15th and 16th . |
| 14 | He ended by calling for reform of the curia to include many more qualified lay people . |
| 15 | In fact , in 1945 , foreign secretary Ernest Bevin was interested in economic , military and political ties to Western Europe , took a keen interest in proposals for a customs union during 1946–8 and encouraged European co-operation in January 1948 by calling for a ‘ Western Union ’ through which Europe , backed by America and the Empire-Commonwealth , would match the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | The methods by which MPs attempt to influence ministers from the floor of the House are by their speeches in major debates on government business , by calling for emergency debates under Standing Order No. 20 , by the use of ten-minute rule bills , private members ' bills and motions , adjournment debates , question time and abstention or cross-voting in divisions . |
| 17 | The Evening News summed up the affair by calling for greater public vigilance to root out the canker of immorality : ‘ England has tolerated the man Wilde for too long … he was a social pest , a centre of intellectual corruption … who attacked all wholesome , manly , simple ideals of English life . ’ |
| 18 | In 1621 he showed that he could rise above class interests by calling for an abatement of rents during the depression and the exemption of the poor from taxation . |
| 19 | Against this background the Soviet leader Gorbachev chose a visit to Moscow by the Algerian President to seize the diplomatic initiative by calling for superpower talks on the nuclear and naval demilitarisation of the Mediterranean Sea , for the transformation of this region in a military sense into a neutral zone for the naval forces of external powers . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | However , on Dec. 11 the Israeli Foreign Minister , Moshe Arens , dampened the mood of optimism by calling for further assurances that Israel would not be expected to talk directly with the PLO . |
| 22 | Although Egypt offered its full support to Iraq , it still managed to assert its role as a regional moderator and as the main link between the Arab states , Israel and the West ; thus , during a visit to Baghdad on April 7 , Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak widened the debate by calling for the mass elimination of all weapons of mass destruction . |
| 23 | He appeared to be advocating a reversal of the process by which military officers were appointed to key posts since the mid-1960s , by calling for the civilianization of a greater proportion of bureaucratic positions . |
| 24 | Iraq , meanwhile , attempted to take advantage of the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia by calling for a holy war , or Jihad , against King Fahd in order to protect the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina from " infidel " ( non-Moslem ) forces . |
| 25 | Following the elections , there were reports that senior religious figures , including Karrubi , had appealed for unity between opposing factions by calling for obedience to Khamenei . |
| 26 | The conference ended on a note of renewed militancy by calling for a " mass action " campaign in 1991 in favour of an interim government , a constituent assembly and the abolition of the tricameral Parliament ( which had separate chambers for whites , coloureds and Indians , and none for blacks ) . |
| 27 | Achille Occhetto , PCI general secretary , had opened the congress with a speech on Jan. 31 designed to conciliate the left wing by calling for a unilateral ceasefire in the Gulf and the withdrawal of Italian naval and air force contingents from the anti-Iraq coalition . |
| 28 | Trade union leader Bakary Karambo and lawyer and leading human rights activist Demba Diallo , responded by calling for an immediate , indefinite general strike until the UDPN gave up power . |
| 29 | In May 1991 Lafleur , leader of the RPCR and president of the South province , threw his support behind the idea by calling for a " consensual solution " to the future status of the territory to be adopted prior to 1998 . |
| 30 | The PDI , which staged the largest rallies , managed to stretch the limits of official tolerance by attacking " nepotism " in high places , a reference to the business dealings of Suharto 's family [ see also below ] , and by calling for the presidential term to be limited to two years , an implicit criticism of Suharto 's years in power . |