Example sentences of "call for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is this skewed nature of the existing private print media that has called for the participation of the government in the ownership and operation of the print media in this country . |
| 3 | It is this skewed nature of the existing private print media that has called for the participation of the government in the ownership and operation of the print media in this country . |
| 4 | In a separate development , the president of Sinn Fein , Gerry Adams called for the demilitarization of the province and repeated that the I R A was not prepared to arrange a unilateral cease fire . |
| 5 | The Chairman of Timber Growers UK , Andrew Christie-Miller , called for the reintroduction of incentives . |
| 6 | It also condemned the system of accommodating workers in single-sex hostels and called for the provision of more housing . |
| 7 | Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz welcomed the team and stated that the visit called for the raising of the UN-mandated economic sanctions . |
| 8 | But their enemies , with Lady Thatcher flying their flag , called for the treaty to be killed . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Since eggs became the focus for the food poisoning scare , the association has called for the testing of the eggs themselves to establish infection . |
| 11 | As Layton left the Old Bailey on a bicycle , NCP 's board welcomed his acquittal and called for the law to be clarified . |
| 12 | Legal expert Diana Brahams last night called for the law on euthanasia to be clarified . |
| 13 | The Left called for the scrapping of our nuclear deterrent . |
| 14 | On 28 January a UN resolution called for the cessation of hostilities , the release of the Indonesian leaders and the restoration of their authority within the Van Mook Line . |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | Mahmoud Abbas al-Aqqad popularised Muslim heros anew , and Tawfiq al-Hakim , a great favourite of Nasser 's , called for the resurrection of Egypt under a charismatic leader . |
| 17 | Human rights groups and international news organisations called for the release of 32-year-old Taher Shriteh , who was seized from his Gaza home . |
| 18 | In October 1991 Amnesty International called for the release of 11 members of the South African human rights organization Black Sash , detained in the nominally independent ‘ homeland ’ of Bophuthatswana . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Speakers at a rally this afternoon have called for the release of hundreds of prisoners they claim are innocent . |
| 21 | A US State Department spokesman referred to de Klerk 's " courageous statesmanship " but called for the release of all political prisoners . |
| 22 | The letter called for the release of all detainees in the prisons of " occupied Palestine " ( Israel ) and Europe in return for the release of Western hostages in Lebanon . |
| 23 | On Dec. 26 a previously unknown group , the Strugglers for Freedom , released a video cassette of the two Germans , and in a message accompanying the video the group called for the release of the two Hamadei brothers . |
| 24 | The CCDFG denounced the continued existence of " repressive laws " and called for the release of political prisoners and detainees . |
| 25 | In the context of political campaigning for parliamentary elections to be held on Oct. 13 , opposition groups called for the banning of the Bulgarian Communist Party and other hardline groups which did support the Soviet coup . |
| 26 | The IBA was made of sterner stuff when the Foreign Secretary called for the banning of Death on the Rock . |
| 27 | The evacuation of children called for the development of special services , foreshadowing developments in child care practice after the war . |
| 28 | Nakajima called for the promotion of equitable social and economic development , including health development , which would amount to a combination of " preventive diplomacy " and " peace and security development " . |
| 29 | This called for the expertise of the Pessarane Behesht . |
| 30 | On April 3 Mandela , declaring that the government had " abdicated its responsibilities in the black townships " , called for the deployment of an international peacekeeping force . |