Example sentences of "[pron] have called [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ecologists ' leader Brice Lalonde , who has called for a broad-based ‘ Democratic Party ’ , welcomed Mr Rocard 's speech as the first admission by a top Socialist that the party was finished . |
| 2 | But that Wednesday morning , the few customers who had called for an early drink were much more interested in other underwater creatures : four of them , with sleek black skins and disproportionately large webbed feet , circling up and down , and round and round , and sweeping the depths diligently below the weir , streams of bubbles intermittently rising to the surface from the cylinders strapped to their backs . |
| 3 | Prudhoe , who had called for the original cross , could only tip the ball on to the bar and McCarthy headed the rebound home . |
| 4 | Prudhoe , who had called for the original cross , could only tip the ball on to the bar and McCarthy headed the rebound home . |
| 5 | Relations with France had deteriorated in recent weeks [ see p. 37874 ] , and on Dec. 21 the government denounced as " paternalistic " the comments of Thierry de Beaucé , the French Secretary of State for International Cultural Relations , who had called on the Moroccan government to respect human rights , especially in the context of the trials of those arrested over the Dec. 14-15 demonstrations . |
| 6 | Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse . |
| 7 | So , in an effort to once and for all give you the facts on why we 're Fun Factor Number 1 , we 've called in a few experts to run through the complete bizzo . |
| 8 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 9 | They have called on the Northern Regional Health Authority to issue a categorical denial that it has any plans to merge 15 health care districts into six super districts . |
| 10 | They have called for an immediate apology and say the muddle may have cost crucial votes in the battle for Darlington . |
| 11 | He has called for the compulsory registration of all property transactions in an attempt to stop the use of secret deals . |
| 12 | He has called on the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , to ensure that the Scottish Office or the Department of Trade and Industry urgently investigates the condition of the Scottish manufacturing base . |
| 13 | It has called for a global convention outlawing all toxic waste trade schemes — and it needs your support . |
| 14 | He had called in a local firm of builders to carry out the essential brickwork , plastering and re-tiling on the roof ; after that , he took a hand in the redecoration personally , splashing on new paint and putting up wallpaper . |