Example sentences of "call for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Designed to be a showpiece for the new series , the very ambitious script , even in its final form , called for every stage in Polo 's journey to Peking from the Himalayas to be represented with sumptuous interior sets , exterior sets done in the studio , animated map graphics , and a vast array of costumes , props and backdrops . |
| 2 | The National Rivers Authority in Wales has called for a ban on conifer plantations in sensitive areas , but Nicholas Luard and the Bara Ceirch group feel they need to act more quickly to save the river . |
| 3 | In December Sikh terrorists called for a ban on radio broadcasts in Hindi , and to press home their point shot dead the station director of All India Radio at Chandigarh . |
| 4 | Cardinal Basil Hume and Bishop Patrick Kelly have both called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing in the past few days . |
| 5 | CARDINAL Basil Hume and Bishop Patrick Kelly have both called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing in the past few days . |
| 6 | The plan called for a ban on political parties " which incite national or religious hatred " : in this context Jovic renewed his condemnation of the recent multiparty elections in Slovenia and Croatia , in particular making a veiled attack on the victorious Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ — see p. 37381 and below ) as a fascist organization . |
| 7 | The UN has called for a ban on drift nets worldwide by 1992 , and in the South Pacific by 1991 . |
| 8 | French farmers have called for a ban on imports . |
| 9 | The Swedish government has called for a ban on the international trade in the bluefin tuna . |
| 10 | Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has called for a ban on further production of halons , used principally in fire extinguishers . |
| 11 | The proposals fall short of demands made by Scottish Natural Heritage and environment groups , which have called for a ban on tanker traffic in the Fair Isle Straits . |
| 12 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 13 | Peter Lynch , chairman of Castleblayney District Council , called for a revision in the law revised to ensure ‘ adequate penalties for killers on Ireland 's roads . ’ |
| 14 | The movement called for a referendum on the islands ' continued union with the mainland . |
| 15 | In July the authorities arrested two leading opponents of the government , Charles Rubia and Kenneth Matiba , who had called for a referendum on the future of one-party rule ; in subsequent protest riots 20 people died [ see p. 37603 ] . |
| 16 | Meanwhile , Sir Rhodes Boyson , who supported the government last night , called for a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 17 | During November former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had repeatedly called for a referendum before the UK agreed to join moves to introduce a single currency , and the debate further highlighted the divisions within the Conservative Party in its approach to Europe , although Thatcher after the summit reportedly professed herself to be impressed by Major 's performance there . |
| 18 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 19 | Five hundred deputies called for a session of the Congress of People 's Deputies to formalize the dissolution of the Soviet Union , but the call was not heeded . |
| 20 | The chairman of both Hachette and of Matra , and now of the combined group , Jean-Luc Lagardère , called for a normalisation of relations with Havas in the face of intensified foreign competition from Bertelsmann and other non-French rivals . |
| 21 | In January 1990 Senator Robert Dole , the Republican minority leader in the Senate , called for a reduction in US aid to Israel [ see p. 37199 ] and in April criticized the automatic support of Congress for resolutions favouring Jerusalem as Israel 's capital [ see p. 37392 ] . |
| 22 | Other strikes ( notably among Warsaw 's transport workers ) have called for a loosening of the government 's tight monetary policy and an end to wage control . |
| 23 | The Kazakh-brokered agreement had called for a ceasefire along the border between the two former Soviet republics . |
| 24 | Seven ECOWAS heads of state — of Benin , Burkina , Côte d'Ivoire , Ghana , Guinea , Nigeria and Togo — meeting in Abuja , Nigeria , on Nov. 7 , called for a ceasefire from midnight on Nov. 10 , giving ECOMOG carte blanche to impose it by force . |
| 25 | He congratulated Ortega on his conduct of the elections and called for a ceasefire in the contra war , stating that " given the clear mandate for peace and democracy there is no reason for further military activity from any quarter " . |
| 26 | Regarding Massawa as an essential channel for aid to northern Ethiopia , Western government representatives at the UN on April 24 called for a ceasefire around the port , which had come under a series of government bombing attacks [ ibid . ] . |
| 27 | The Association for the Conservation of Energy has described the figures as " ghastly " , and called for a range of fresh incentives to encourage energy-conscious investment . |
| 28 | The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy called for the total rejection of any modification of the election timetable , while on Sept. 15 the National Alliance for Democracy ( AND ) , a grouping of about 40 political parties , demanded that the 12-month transition period be respected and called for a reshuffle of André Milongo 's transitional government . |
| 29 | His proposal called for a total of $7,900 million to be spent on increased law enforcement , more prisons , border patrols , education programmes , treatment programmes , and aid to foreign countries . |
| 30 | The recently-formed Bootle Miners Support Group has called for a lobby of Gladstone Dock tomorrow lunchtime . |