Example sentences of "call [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More commonly , the parties ( or the court ) may consider that the matrimonial home should stand in the sole name of the wife but that the husband should be compensated by the payment of cash , or ( if cash is not available ) that the husband should have a charge on the property for a fixed amount ( as opposed to an interest in the equityas to which see Chapter 6 ) , the calling in of the charge being deferred until a specific time or happening of a specified event ( eg death of wife , remarriage of wife or youngest child attaining the age of eighteen years ) . |
| 2 | Recognising this , it is not unusual for the court to make an order that the property be transferred to the wife , but with a charge in favour of the husband equivalent to a percentage of the net proceeds of sale with the calling in of the charge deferred until the happening of one of the " specified events " . |
| 3 | Potential clients made contact through their GP or simply by calling in to the project 's information and advice shop on Dalry Road . |
| 4 | The welfare rights ' workers can be contacted by calling in to the office or by telephoning 271441 . |
| 5 | He appealed for members to comment by ringing Brenda on Middlesbrough 244860 or calling in at the club . |
| 6 | There was n't much point in calling in at the shop , so I came straight here . ’ |
| 7 | Some hotshot parents cheat by calling in at the food store and ordering a gourmet prawn salad for 20 — at a cost of $60 . |
| 8 | It is as part answer to that question that I have put forward the notion of language as screen , the dazzling play of words and tones , fragments , sequences , movements this way and that — calls constantly to the eye and ear of the reader . |
| 9 | They 'd staggered past a dozen rabbit-holes , calling down into the gloom , before they 'd heard Nooty 's voice answering them . |
| 10 | A psychiatrist called in for the defence , Dr Nicholas Rice , told Exeter Crown Court he believed Mr Harris to be so abnormal his responsibility at the time of the stabbing was diminished . |
| 11 | Might the Mr Chairman I was just wondering if it 's worth just mentioning that the , since the Redhill Airport proposal which does include a privately funded motorway link erm point erm has gone to and has been called in to the determination I believe by the Minister , but er we are sort of pending er holding our horses until that er er is nearer the time is that not perhaps |
| 12 | Police were called in to the border guard 's home in the town of Lod as hundreds of Jews gathered demanding vengeance against Arabs . |
| 13 | I 've been called in to the Museum during the night or at weekends for a variety of reasons . |
| 14 | So bad that Noreen was called in to the Stage Manager 's office one morning . |
| 15 | The company that had previously tried to fix the pool had finally given up , so Enterprise was called in to the rescue . |
| 16 | She was cracking those damn peppermints in her back teeth to disguise the fact she 'd called in at the Oyster Bar on her way up . ’ |
| 17 | It all started early this morning , when a rather anxious mum called in at the office . |
| 18 | She had called in at the office once since she left and had been greeted with pleasure . |
| 19 | Nerina called in at the office to see her mother . |
| 20 | Problems started when a developer for the hotel could not be found , and Mr Graham was called in at the behest of the main creditor , the Bank of Scotland . |
| 21 | Solicitors ( subject to very limited exceptions ) alone have the right to brief counsel , who will be called in as the occasion demands to give specialist advice , to draft documents or to act as advocate in the higher courts . |
| 22 | The consultants called in by the Home Office identify computers and information technology generally as the best way of saving time . |
| 23 | On 16th December 1991 , the building societies and bank bosses were called in by the Government for an emergency briefing and were told to come back in two days with solutions . |
| 24 | Quite often ( but not always ) such cases are called in by the Secretary of State even where the planning authority is minded to grant consent , in order to allow interested groups a chance to air their views ; so it can all take a long time . |
| 25 | This power can be exercised only in cases where the application is not called in by the secretary of state himself . |
| 26 | Dr Stephen Harris , of Bristol University , who wrote the script for the wildlife documentary Bockside and other nature programmes , was called in by the RSPCA . |
| 27 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 28 | I am an accountant , I have been called in by the bank , and my duty is to the bank . |
| 29 | During a debate on the dispute at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton yesterday , Steve Gazzard , an ambulance worker , said that by allowing arbitration , ministers would then ‘ repay their debt ’ to ambulancemen called in after the bombing during the Tory party conference which was held in the town in 1984 . |
| 30 | At Nicaea in 325 the bishops and priests ( from the Western part of the empire , only priests attended ) were called together by the emperor because theological disputes were putting too much of a strain on the unity he was striving to achieve . |