Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] called for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German Foreign Ministry called for a fairer distribution of the burden of aid to the CIS , citing figures produced by the European Commission which showed that about 75 per cent of all aid to the Soviet Union since September 1990 had come from the EC and 57 per cent from Germany alone ( the figure included humanitarian aid , credits and special payments for troop withdrawal made by Germany ) . |
| 2 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 3 | Foreign Ministers called for a comprehensive political settlement , and spoke of " the need to create the conditions for an early deployment of UN peacekeeping forces " . |
| 4 | The s the revolution of social services called for a rolling programme and a rolling review and the amendment Mr is utterly meaningless because the matter will be constantly referred back and further considered by social services whatever the amendment says that 's what the original resolution said . |
| 5 | On May 8 the Democratic Party called for a judicial inquiry into the New Nation allegations . |
| 6 | The White Paper called for a fundamental re-examination of penal methods ‘ based on studies of the causes of crime , or rather of the factors which foster or inhibit crime ’ , supported by reliable assessments of the results achieved by existing methods . |
| 7 | IN A RARE display of consensus last week , industry , consumers ' organisations and the environmental movement called for a national committee to examine the social and ethical implications of biotechnology and genetic engineering of plants and animals , Tom Wilkie writes . |
| 8 | Last night the Londonbased Society for Black Lawyers called for a public inquiry into the men 's cases and for the dismissal of the officers involved in their arrest . |
| 9 | In 1972 the United Nations called for a ten-year moratorium on all commercial whaling to be enacted through the IWC . |
| 10 | The Labour spokesman called for a quick decision on RUC requests for more manpower and Mr Brooke replied that he expected to make an announcement very soon . |
| 11 | ONE of the most important wage claims in the pay round was submitted yesterday when leaders of Ford 's 33,000 manual workers called for a double figure increase . |
| 12 | In defiance of a decision by the national conference in September to dissolve the National Assembly , President Mobutu Sese Seko called for a new session of the Assembly to open on Oct. 5 . |
| 13 | The Russian government called for a speedier reduction of multiple-warhead ( MIRV ) missiles than was envisaged in the START treaty , possible even their elimination by the year 2000 , while the US side preferred a longer time-scale to enable it to make a more detailed assessment of its perceived nuclear defence needs . |
| 14 | NAM originated in the Bandung Conference of 1955 , where a large number of poor African and Asian countries called for a better economic deal from the rich countries of the world . |