Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] called [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
2 | When , at its first meeting in 1831 , the British Association called for a report on the state of mathematics it elicited only three sections , on algebra , trigonometry and the arithmetic of sines , which almost completely ignored the major developments of the previous century and a half . |
3 | A SENIOR English judge called for a review of the conduct of serious fraud cases yesterday after ordering that an American lawyer 's defence costs should be paid by the British taxpayer . |
4 | The old seaman called for a glass of rum , and stood outside , drinking and looking around . |
5 | In London , the Foreign Office called for a return to democracy , and EC talks have begun on concerted action . |
6 | Some guy called on a couple of occasions . |
7 | Second ball of the next over , the bloke at the other end called for a single . |
8 | AN MP last night called for a Government review of the jury system in Northern Ireland after an inquest failed to decide who had fired the first shots in a gun battle in which three Irish Republican Army men died . |
9 | TERRY YORATH last night called for a repeat of Wales ' European Championship performance in Belgium last year as he named his squad for the World Cup re-run . |
10 | POLICE last night called off a search to find the mother of a two-year-old girl who was abandoned in a busy hospital . |