Example sentences of "motion call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The motion calls for the publication of the Register of Members ' |
| 2 | The executive is recommending rejection of a motion calling for unilateral disarmament . |
| 3 | A hardline motion calling for black sections is almost certain to be thrown out on Friday and the party could be left without a policy as support for a proposition calling for societies with exclusively black members is also in doubt . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A motion calling for the signing of an overseas professional was rejected unanimously ; only three votes were recorded in favour , one presumably Boycott 's , of signing players born outside the county . |
| 6 | Yet it was Bridgeman who , at the special National Union Conference in July 1906 , seconded Maxse 's motion calling for the reform of Conservative Central Office , a motion which stemmed directly from Maxse 's ‘ paranoid ’ view of the obstructiveness of the Party mandarins towards the tariff campaign . |
| 7 | However , a Nationalist motion calling for the setting up of a small committee to be responsible for housing allocations was rejected . |
| 8 | Collins wants to push through a motion calling for lead levels in petrol to be reduced to 0–15 grams per litre ( the level Britain intends to impose by 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Lampeter Students ' union unanimously passed a motion calling for a ‘ Funky Student Big Steaming Lurrve Palace ’ to be built near the library . |
| 10 | AN ‘ ABHORRENT ’ motion calling for married couples to be given preference in a housing waiting list has been thrown out by councillors . |
| 11 | The Executive elected at that Conference was packed with diehards , and " a debate on cooperation against Labour revealed the depth of division : a motion calling for closer collaboration met strong opposition , but so did one calling simply for a Unionist government : They must turn out the man who was the greatest danger to the Conservative Party " , ( a voice — " Lloyd George " ) . |
| 12 | In parliament , Lennox-Boyd restated his position on 11 May 1956 : ‘ If a general election is held Her Majesty 's Government will be ready to accept a motion calling for independence within the Commonwealth passed by a reasonable majority in a newly elected legislature and then to declare a firm date for this purpose . ’ |
| 13 | On the debit side biking can be positively dangerous , that is why in nineteen eighty nine Congress passed a motion calling for the provision of cycleways . |
| 14 | A Young Communist motion calling for Italy 's withdrawal from NATO was defeated by 498 votes to 353 , with 53 abstentions . |
| 15 | Hong Kong 's partially elected Legislative Council passed on the same day a motion calling for amendments , particularly to increase provisions for democratic representation and to limit the circumstances in which emergency powers could be assumed by the Chinese authorities . |
| 16 | Delegates approved a motion calling for the " re-establishment of constitutional order in Haïti and the restoration of the legitimate President , Fr Aristide " . |
| 17 | Prime Minister Vitold Fokin had come under criticism for the slow pace of economic reforms , but survived on June 3 , by 168 votes to 154 , a motion calling for a vote of no confidence ( brought by the Republican Party and the New Ukraine deputies , consisting of the Democratic Renewal Party , Social Democrats and other groups ) . |
| 18 | In a marked departure from their pursuit of regional autonomy , members of the Kurdish National Council on Oct. 4 approved a motion calling for the creation of a federated state within a democratic pluralistic Iraq . |
| 19 | Last year at Blackpool I moved a motion calling for review of the C E C election procedure . |
| 20 | As early as 1842 Disraeli had moved a House of Commons motion calling for union of British diplomats and consuls in a single service . |
| 21 | The United States on 2 November won a vote of 64 to 5 in support of its motion calling for a cease-fire . |
| 22 | Councillors have thrown out a motion calling for a ban on foxhunting on all council owned land . |
| 23 | Mr O'Muilleoir had a further chance to criticise unionists for going on ‘ junkets ’ with a notice of motion calling for spending on council trips to be limited to £30,000 . |
| 24 | Pressure on Labour increased yesterday with the Lib Dems and the SNP jointly signing a Commons motion calling for an immediate meeting of opposition leaders to discuss Mr Christie 's scheme . |
| 25 | The conference supported his motion calling for regional and district councils to be retained in the Highlands . |