Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] called for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But English Heritage has called for a thorough feasibility study before the third application is determined . |
| 2 | Although he insists there will be no change in France 's basic strategy , President Mitterrand has called for a national debate on defence . |
| 3 | SWINDON player-manager Glenn Hoddle has called for the new back-pass laws to be changed immediately . |
| 4 | Some parties had called for a national multiparty conference to be held first . |
| 5 | The family of a remand prisoner found hanged in his cell have called for a public inquiry after an inquest reached a suicide verdict . |
| 6 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 7 | Wirral housing committee has called for an urgent meeting with housing minister Sir George Young . |
| 8 | A SCOTTISH fishing boss has called for a Europe-wide boycott of cheap fish to stop non-EC states destroying the fishing industry . |
| 9 | As the fatal accident inquiry gets underway , a leading academic has called for a dramatic change in the attitude of the government and courts towards Scotland 's drug users . |
| 10 | Margaret Anne Doody has called for a new edition of Leapor 's poetry . |
| 11 | Kohl had called for a European federal police force modelled on the US Federal Bureau of Investigation but the UK favoured an inter-governmental rather than a supranational force , although Major himself called for a " strong perimeter fence " around the EC to prevent a wave of illegal immigrants . |
| 12 | The FSLN and FNT had called for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience against the austerity measures , urging the population to refuse to pay increased electricity and water prices , to occupy state companies targeted for privatization , and to support a 24-hour general strike on Oct. 1 . |
| 13 | Pressure group The Forum of Private Businesses has called for a radical change in the legal structure of small firms . |
| 14 | Following the government 's announcement army veterans from the civil war in the south were reported to have staged a sit-in on the bridge between Khartoum and Omdurman , customs officers to have called for an all-out strike by civil servants " to put an end to the military regime " and tens of thousands of protesters to have taken to the streets of Omdurman on Feb. 9 . |
| 15 | Garang had called for a constitutional conference , involving all political parties . |
| 16 | Earlier in the year Jordan had called for the homeless to be set to work on a state-run farm . |
| 17 | AI has called for an independent inquiry into the killings and repeatedly called for a curb on the use of firearms by the security forces . |
| 18 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence . |
| 19 | Greenpeace has called for a complete reorganization of the International Atomic Energy Authority ( IAEA ) , the UN regulatory body , on the grounds that its mandate to promote nuclear energy is incompatible with its responsibility as an international nuclear watchdog . |
| 20 | SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon has called for the immediate suspension of the officers involved and for the investigation to be carried out by officers from another police force . |
| 21 | Tens of thousands demonstrated last night in the Romanian capital after reports of at least 20 deaths there earlier in the day , and students at the heart of the protest movement have called for a general strike today . |
| 22 | Many organisations including the Town and Country Planning Association , Council for the Protection of Rural England , Royal Town Planning Institute , and the South East Economic Development Strategy have called for a comprehensive planning and transport strategy for the South East , arguing that this is essential both to protect the region from the adverse effects of the Tunnel and to maximise its benefits . |
| 23 | * The Russian government has called for a comprehensive moratorium on weapons testing by all nuclear states . |
| 24 | On Jan. 18 the Hungarian government had called for a complete Soviet withdrawal by no later than the end of 1991 [ for Hungarian Defence Minister 's non-committal response to a suggestion to the same effect in December 1989 , see p. 37130 ] . |
| 25 | It was revealed that Prokofiev had called for a central committee plenum to be held on Aug. 20 to remove Gorbachev as general secretary . |
| 26 | By 23 May the Federation had called for a complete stoppage of all port transport workers in London and on the river Medway , including , of course , seamen . |
| 27 | On Jan. 4 miners ' leaders had called for a temporary halt to the march , after an offer by Prime Minister Yildirim Akbulut to hold talks , but two days later the march was resumed after union leaders had rejected a government offer of a 250 per cent pay rise . |
| 28 | LABOUR councillors have called for a massive public demonstration to save Woodchurch swimming pool , amid fears it could be lost ‘ by stealth . ’ |
| 29 | Scientists have called for an urgent review of recently set government safety limits which are now thought to be inadequate . |
| 30 | The RSPCA has called for a full investigation in the case of a Worcester man filmed torturing a cat . |