Example sentences of "[coord] called for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman of the Sports Council , Peter Yarranton , concurred and called for the expansion of pay and play facilities to at least 30% of all future developments to allow ‘ sport for all ’ . |
| 2 | As Layton left the Old Bailey on a bicycle , NCP 's board welcomed his acquittal and called for the law to be clarified . |
| 3 | On March 20 the opposition National Convention for the Restoration of Democracy [ see p. 37922 ] criticized the government for failing to uphold the pledges of its own programme and called for the formation of a government enjoying the nation 's confidence , which would institute real political change . |
| 4 | On May 7 the CTU announced that it had suspended the general strike from May 8 , and called for the formation of a new government capable of tackling " national and economic issues " . |
| 5 | The United States accepted for the first time the phrase ‘ legitimate rights of the Palestinian people ’ and called for the participation of the ‘ Palestinian people ’ , a major concession to the Soviet Union , in return for Soviet retraction of its previous insistence on the participation of the PLO , the establishment of an independent Palestinian state , and the total withdrawal of Israeli forces to the 1949 Armistice Line . |
| 6 | The protest focused on high rents and called for the resignation of township councillors . |
| 7 | However , a joint Hungarian-Romanian demonstration in the nearby city of Cluj on March 18 had demanded an end to inter-ethnic hostility and called for the resignation of Iliescu and for the dismissal of all members of Ceausescu 's Securitate secret police . |
| 8 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 9 | The National Union of Public Employees said the way in which the board had acted was disgraceful and called for the resignation of all the members . |
| 10 | In a message published in the Basque-language newspaper Egin on March 12 ETA noted that its bombs were directed against " military targets " and called for the resumption of negotiations with the government on a truce . |
| 11 | The NCC urged the government to review school meals and called for the supermarkets to be closely monitored to ensure consumers were not being exploited . |
| 12 | It also condemned the system of accommodating workers in single-sex hostels and called for the provision of more housing . |
| 13 | The African National Congress ( ANC ) , in a joint statement with the South African Communist Party ( SACP ) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) , said that the referendum announcement reflected the " crisis of the apartheid establishment " , and called for the defence of the negotiation process . |
| 14 | The communiqué also committed Alliance members to the " early ratification " of the Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) Treaty [ see pp. 37838-39 ; 38027 ; 38122 ; 38217 ] and called for the revival of the " Open Skies " negotiations on aerial reconnaissance [ see pp. 37201 ; 35267 ; 37393 ; 37466 ; 37838 ] . |
| 15 | They urged Prime Minister Miklós Németh to reveal who had been privy to the intelligence information , and called for the dismissal of Interior Minister István Horváth ; they stopped short of calling for the government 's resignation , however , saying that the country needed stability before the elections . |
| 16 | In the sphere of foreign policy he promised improved relations with those capitalist countries " which respect our sovereignty " , and called for the signing of a peace treaty between North Korea and the United States , and the negotiation of a non-aggression pact between North and South Korea . |
| 17 | Hearing of the arrest of Martin Luther King in Georgia , he telephoned King 's wife to express his sympathy and called for the release of the highly respected civil rights leader . |
| 18 | The CCDFG denounced the continued existence of " repressive laws " and called for the release of political prisoners and detainees . |
| 19 | The EC 's Feb. 17 statement expressed grave concern about attacks on the Greek minority in Albania , and called for the re-establishment of public order by the Albanian government . |
| 20 | Soviet Germans , about two million strong , established a new All-Union Society of Germans in early 1989 and called for the restoration of their autonomous republic , which had been abolished at the outbreak of the war in 1941 . |
| 21 | A strong , vocal group argued that Raybestos should not be allowed to emit any asbestos dust from the factory , and called for the use of a safe alternative in the factory process . |
| 22 | She drew on sensible boots and a warm woollen cape and called for the carriage to be brought round to the front . |
| 23 | The Congress resolution criticized the reforms and called for the introduction of higher levels of social protection . |
| 24 | In a final communiqué they agreed to accelerate economic integration of their countries by the creation of a customs union by 1995 , and called for the strengthening of economic ties with their main trading partner , the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 25 | At its second congress on Feb. 8-12 , however , it had criticized the government for failing to implement the UDF programme , and called for the replacement of the Cabinet 's economic team . |
| 26 | The Latvian party leader Boris Pugo attacked the ‘ boundless diktat of the union ministries ’ and called for the establishment of ‘ genuine sovereignty ’ for the union republics based upon the principle of self-financing . |
| 27 | The Palestinian delegation announced its intention to attend committee meetings and called for the establishment of two additional committees covering the status of east Jerusalem and human rights . |
| 28 | The UK Labour Party expressed concern about the lack of parliamentary scrutiny of MI5 and called for the establishment of a select committee to supervise all the intelligence agencies . |
| 29 | It also urged the Security Council " to review the situation before Jan. 15 , 1993 , in order to implement relevant [ UN ] resolutions " , and called for the establishment of an international tribunal to try those accused of war crimes . |
| 30 | The party conference of March 1945 endorsed the policies outlined in the White Paper and called for the abandonment by industry and unions of restrictive practices . |