Example sentences of "call [adv prt] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The state is called on to perform a number of functions necessary for the smooth development of the capitalist system . |
| 2 | To many his shrewdest move was to die , of brain cancer and pneumonia , in May 1987 , before he had been called on to give an account of the role he had played in the affair . |
| 3 | Ormrod J. , noting that this was ‘ the first occasion on which a Court in England has been called on to decide the sex of an individual ’ , felt constrained to find that ‘ legal relations can be classified into those in which the sex of the individuals concerned is either irrelevant , relevant or an essential determinant of the nature of the relationship . ’ |
| 4 | He had been called on to take the job in the name of the Imam and the survival of the Islamic Republic . |
| 5 | This may be done by thumbing through the pages of the local telephone directory , then calling in to watch the training at the club selected . |
| 6 | Yes , okay , could we ask Mr Chairman , on this particular thing on this arson business in one thing that we did express concern of were a number of years that are invariably are started we 've called in to do the research into this and the investigation , so ar does this add now the fact that you 're more sophisticated , does it now mean that your having more staff er , devoted to this , because this was a question that whether we should do it , or whether the police should be doing it ? |
| 7 | Um if you go back to the eighteenth century , early nineteenth century , you find that um I think it was at er Winchester possibly , er some some of you may have heard of this in in History or something , er there was an uprising at Winchester school and the Army had to be called in to quell the rioting pupils because they were rebelling against the harsh conditions . |
| 8 | MARINE commandos have been called in to stop a band of poachers preying on England 's last wild herd of red deer . |
| 9 | Germany 's science council , the Wissenschftsrat , was called in to evaluate the work of the institutions and recommended that 6,700 staff be retained in newly created institutes ( in fact 7,200 are not employed ) . |
| 10 | Pollution experts from the National Rivers Authority were called in to assess the danger of fuel leaking into the canal . |
| 11 | SOLDIERS gave a devastating display of military muscle when they were called in to recover a truck dumped in a river . |
| 12 | A Home Office patholgist , Professor Bernard Knight , was called in to examine the body where it was found , in a section of the barn where the roof had collapsed . |
| 13 | ENVIRONMENT Secretary John Gummer may be called in to save a family of badgers at Berwick . |
| 14 | They 've already complained about the original police investigation , and another force has been called in to re-examine the case . |
| 15 | A council inspector was called in to test the beer at the club in Bury St Edmunds , Suffolk … and found it up to strength . |
| 16 | A ‘ clever man ’ could be called in to effect a cure , and tribal medicine was usually seen as a specialized branch of religion . |
| 17 | HEALTH secretary William Waldegrave has been called in to settle the row over an impending shake-up of health care in the North-East . |
| 18 | He was called in to give a boost to the campaign to get more pupils to have lunch at school … and as Mike Rowbottom found out , he seems to have enjoyed it . |
| 19 | Then someone offered to adopt the cat and the local vet was called in to give the animal a clean bill of health before it was moved to its new , permanent home . |
| 20 | Builders were called in to make the building safe before a Home Office Pathologist was allowed inside to examine the body . |
| 21 | Builders were called in to make the building safe before a Home Office Pathologist was allowed inside to examine the body . |
| 22 | The military may now be called in to redress the balance |
| 23 | Given his record of past achievements Prof Friel was the ideal person to be called in to assist the council with Derry 's promotion as a major European city . |
| 24 | ‘ Their advice was also taken that the job should be done by experts , and a firm of professionals were called in to complete the task . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ When the company reached the point where it could n't meet its liabilities I was called in to wind the business up . ’ |
| 26 | However , the editorial staff are often too busy to do the work and an outside expert is called in to write the piece in consultation with both sides . |
| 27 | A hospital manager has resigned after detectives were called in to investigate the disappearance of thousands of pounds . |
| 28 | Trading standards officers were called in to investigate the way the company peddled its ‘ call waiting ’ service . |
| 29 | ‘ Detectives were called in to investigate the theft of the car but no mention was made of the filofax , ’ said a RUC source . |
| 30 | However , Ed James , one of the joint receivers called in to keep the company afloat , gave an assurance that the ship would return to the Tyne on Thursday or Friday next week . |