Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] called for a [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Wirral housing committee has called for an urgent meeting with housing minister Sir George Young . |
| 5 | A SCOTTISH fishing boss has called for a Europe-wide boycott of cheap fish to stop non-EC states destroying the fishing industry . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Margaret Anne Doody has called for a new edition of Leapor 's poetry . |
| 8 | Pressure group The Forum of Private Businesses has called for a radical change in the legal structure of small firms . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | * The Russian government has called for a comprehensive moratorium on weapons testing by all nuclear states . |
| 13 | The RSPCA has called for a full investigation in the case of a Worcester man filmed torturing a cat . |
| 14 | Although the WHO has called for a worldwide effort to stop AIDS , responses to the epidemic have varied considerably from country to country . |
| 15 | An MP has called for a total ban on tobacco advertising because he says the industry 's voluntary code is a waste of time . |
| 16 | An MP has called for a full review of flood defences following the chaos caussed by torrential rain over the past week . |
| 17 | An international scientific expedition has called for a 10-year moratorium on the extension of oil and gas production to a huge area of north-west Siberia to allow time for urgent research into its forests , peat bogs and tundra . |
| 18 | Mr Harrison has called for an urgent meeting with EC officials to restate the case for intervention funding which would make the yard more attractive to potential purchasers . |