Example sentences of "[noun sg] be calling for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said the campaign was calling for a halt to the trend towards privatisation , and more funding to prevent cuts in services . |
| 2 | A pressure group 's calling for a compensation scheme for people who contract polio from vaccinations . |
| 3 | ORKNEY Harbours Authority is calling for a helicopter to be based on the islands for rescue work and pollution control , following the Braer oil tanker disaster in Shetland . |
| 4 | A rape counsellor is calling for a change in the law , which does n't regard such attacks as being as serious as those on women . |
| 5 | An MP is calling for a review of the murder convictions of two men . |
| 6 | The answer is that the stock market and press were calling for a demonstration of support by Cook some time ago . ’ |
| 7 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 8 | THE Scottish Office is calling for a £700,000 aid package from the European Commission to help the Shetland fishing industry after the Braer oilspill . |