Example sentences of "[pron] called for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " decision " followed Bush 's initiative , unveiled at the UN General Assembly in September ( for Bush and Shevardnadze speeches see pp. 36906-07 ) and which was at variance with the existing chemical weapons treaty draft , which called for an immediate halt to production . |
| 2 | Following the deployment , the Lebanese government made it clear that its next step would be to place diplomatic pressure on the United States to persuade Israel to allow Lebanese army deployment in Jezzin , as a first step towards compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 425 , which called for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon . |
| 3 | Mr Robin Cook , Labour 's health spokesman — who called for an early contest — and Mr Donald Dewar , Scottish spokesman , were among the first senior party figures publicly to throw their weight behind the Shadow Chancellor 's campaign . |
| 4 | Claiming that the allied forces had a " game plan " which was being followed , he said that he sympathized with the motives of those who called for an indefinite air campaign , but that any decision on the launching of a ground offensive would be based on military advice ; there would be no " delay for the sake of delay , hoping that it would save lives " . |
| 5 | It called for an immediate halt to land confiscations and settlement building in the Occupied Territories , in order to allow for " bilateral negotiations on the withdrawal of Israeli forces , the dissolution of Israeli administration and the transfer of authority to the Palestinian people " . |
| 6 | He called for an Arab order " far removed from the stains of oil , consumerism and tyranny " and attacked " those Arabs " who were " motivated by tribal affiliation and arrogance " and who had " flooded the nation with their oil and bragged about their seats which were restored at the hands of the foreigner and with its lances stained with the blood of their brothers " . |