Example sentences of "[noun sg] called for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 26 October the Chronicle called for a National Guard which would unite " the most respectable and efficient of the middle and labouring classes " . |
| 2 | The committee called for a special report on the matter . |
| 3 | The committee called for an increased R&D effort and a more imaginative approach to research from government ( Hew Scientist , 10 March , p 634 ) . |
| 4 | He was replaced on an interim basis by his deputy , Faruq Dahruj , and the LCP central committee called for an extraordinary conference to discuss the party 's political plan and organizational structure , change the party 's name and elect a new leadership . |
| 5 | The 1990 plan called for a convertible currency trade surplus of $700,000,000 through a 7-8 per cent increase in exports . |
| 6 | The plan called for a main attack by 26 divisions in July on a 40-km/25-ml front running north and south of the village of Krevo , west of Molodetchno . |
| 7 | The Security Council plan called for an initial ceasefire followed by phased disarmament . |
| 8 | A political statement released by the PNC at the end of the session called for an international conference on the Middle East , under UN supervision , to be convened on the basis of UN Security Council Resolutions 242 ( 1967 — see pp. 22473 ; 25029 ; 34898 ) and 338 ( 1973 — see p. 26197 ) , and the guaranteeing of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people , of which the most important was " the right to self-determination " . |
| 9 | On 4th , May 1926 , the Trades Union Council called for a General Strike in support or striking coal miners . |
| 10 | The issue called for a great deal of understanding on both sides , which inevitably in many cases could not be guaranteed . |
| 11 | The case was adjourned until January 28th after the Judge called for a full explanation of the social services delay . |
| 12 | In the report , Amnesty called for an urgent review of the guidelines under which troops were permitted to open fire . |
| 13 | In presenting his new government , comprised largely of young technocrats without previous government experience , Petre Roman called for a rapid transformation to a market economy . |
| 14 | The initial public response to the outbreak of war was an upsurge of patriotic fervour , at any rate among the middle and upper classes : the Kadet leadership in the Duma called for a political truce and national unity against the common enemy . |
| 15 | Professor Fred Stone of Glasgow University called for a countrywide network of agencies made up from the police , social workers , teachers and other agencies to spot potential troublesome children . |
| 16 | In January 1990 members of the European Parliament called for an immediate suspension of all scientific co-operation projects between Israel and the EC , amidst plans for a doubling of direct EC aid to the occupied territories to US$12,000,000 a year by 1992 [ see also p. 37627 ] . |
| 17 | On the same day , Italy and Austria called for a meeting of the Conflict Prevention Centre of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe [ see also p. 38314 ] ; the EC 's European Parliament called for an immediate meeting of CSCE foreign ministers ; and German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher proposed invocation of the CSCE emergency procedure agreed the previous week . |
| 18 | The European Parliament called for an independent inquiry and proposed an arms embargo on Indonesia . |
| 19 | The Orthodox Patriarch of Serbia and the Roman Catholic Primate of Croatia appealed for peace , while the Serbian opposition leader Vuk Draskovic called for an anti-war demonstration to be held in Belgrade . |
| 20 | TREVOR FRANCIS last night called for a complete ban on transfers during the season . |
| 21 | FORMER international Dorothy Armstrong last night called for a radical change in the format of domestic squash following last week 's vote to amalgamate the Northern Ireland Men 's and Women 's Associations . |
| 22 | At the Black Sea Summit on June 25 [ see p. 38980 ] , after the first presidential negotiations on the Dnestr issue between Moldova , Russia , Ukraine and Romania , a communiqué called for an immediate ceasefire . |
| 23 | Rejecting the PNDC 's constitutional programme , the alliance called for a constitutional conference to form a sovereign constituent assembly to produce a new constitution and establish an impartial administration . |
| 24 | ‘ But I would have thought the role called for a mature lead . |
| 25 | The local parliament in Sevastopol called for a political settlement and said the row strengthened its resolve to seek complete autonomy for Crimea . |
| 26 | New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer 's speech to the United Nations General Assembly that month called for a global ban , and spelt out the effect that drift-netters were having on the fragile fishing-based economies of the South Pacific . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | AI called for an independent investigation into ‘ Akkawi 's death and urged Prime Minister Shamir to intervene swiftly to stop torture and ill-treatment . |
| 30 | In the Costa Rica talks the government called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on both sides and the total demobilization of all FMLN forces before reforms and the integration of the FMLN into political life could begin . |