Example sentences of "[noun sg] has called for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But English Heritage has called for a thorough feasibility study before the third application is determined . |
| 2 | The European Parliament 's Transport Committee has called for a 40 per cent cut in carbon dioxide by the year 2010 — a far more ambitious figure than the Community 's official target of a freeze at 1990 levels by 2000 . |
| 3 | A SCOTTISH fishing boss has called for a Europe-wide boycott of cheap fish to stop non-EC states destroying the fishing industry . |
| 4 | As the fatal accident inquiry gets underway , a leading academic has called for a dramatic change in the attitude of the government and courts towards Scotland 's drug users . |
| 5 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence . |
| 6 | * The Russian government has called for a comprehensive moratorium on weapons testing by all nuclear states . |
| 7 | The RSPCA has called for a full investigation in the case of a Worcester man filmed torturing a cat . |
| 8 | An MP has called for a total ban on tobacco advertising because he says the industry 's voluntary code is a waste of time . |
| 9 | An MP has called for a full review of flood defences following the chaos caussed by torrential rain over the past week . |
| 10 | An international scientific expedition has called for a 10-year moratorium on the extension of oil and gas production to a huge area of north-west Siberia to allow time for urgent research into its forests , peat bogs and tundra . |