Example sentences of "he [vb past] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He called for new legislation to allow him to appoint a new justice in addition to each one who had reached the age of 70 ( up to a limit of six new justices ) . |
| 32 | He called for new elections and promised to replace half the Cabinet . |
| 33 | He called for continued support for the government , and also made it clear that in the discussions of a new constitution , his preference was for a presidential republic . |
| 34 | The General could see that the garrison were having trouble adjusting themselves to the new state of things and so , to give them time , he called for iced sherry and soda to be served . |
| 35 | He called for constructive co-operation between all parties in the transition to a market economy , and proposed not to implement a state of emergency . |
| 36 | In a veiled threat to dissolve the Congress , he called for constructive co-operation , warning that : " your support is the best argument against accusations that the deputies ' body has outlived its usefulness " . |
| 37 | Following the imposition of sanctions and the freeze on official exchanges immediately following the Tiananmen Square massacre [ see pp. 36722 ; 36815 ] , Qian Qichen held " frank discussions " with US Secretary of State James Baker at a UN meeting in New York on Sept. 28 , in which he called for practical measures on the part of the USA to improve the situation . |
| 38 | He called for financial discipline and for strict expenditure control . |
| 39 | As part of the process of opening up to the West , Kim used the occasion to give an interview to the Washington Times in which he called for improved relations with the USA and said that he wished to see a US embassy established in the capital , Pyongyang , " as quickly as possible " . |
| 40 | He called for robust measures against the mainly Japanese producers who dump steel into the EEC . |
| 41 | He called for strict control over loans and debt defaults in the next six months . |
| 42 | He called for working-class unity across the sectarian divide and accused both Unionist and Nationalist members of the council of not representing the interests of the working class . |
| 43 | He called for British entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism in months rather than years and the creation of a European central bank with ‘ one pound equals ‘ x ’ ecus ’ on bank notes . |
| 44 | The Pope visited six Angolan cities in this predominantly Catholic country , and was welcomed by large crowds as he called for national reconciliation , 13 months after the ending of 16 years of war between UNITA and dos Santos 's formerly Marxist-oriented Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola-Workers ' Party ( MPLA-PT ) . |
| 45 | He called for responsive adaptation to the new post-war society in which the WEA 's ‘ primary function to cultivate powers and to form intellectual habits which are the necessary basis of good citizenship and social activity … ’ should be pursued . |
| 46 | He sat gazing into space , his unblinking stare which had compelled Harold Macmillan to shift him in Cabinet so as to avoid what he took for continual rebuke , unbroken by the throng that pressed about him . |
| 47 | Face that he fell for EX-LOVER Antonia says you are accountable for your own actions . |
| 48 | He managed this with the help of a flannel , some scented soap from England which he kept for special occasions and a kettleful of hot water that took five minutes to boil on the single electric ring that served as a cooker and , in winter , as a heater . |
| 49 | He pleaded for new ways of ‘ creating and experimenting with community and citizen participation in local , national and international policy-making . ’ |
| 50 | Thick cover , bristling with dryish branches and twigs , dead wood among them ; he looked for broken ends , and found them . |
| 51 | Like so many of the visitors , though he was dressed in the bright overalls of the Men he stared for long periods into the Cages , but it seemed to Creggan that his staring was different from the others and less cruel . |
| 52 | Well , because he said for obvious reasons , he said er I did n't want my name and address mentioned . |
| 53 | I could therefore possess myself of my nephew by force if — ’ he paused for full effect and looked from one to another of the councillors ‘ — if , as Lord High Protector , I elected so to do . ’ |
| 54 | According to Reagan himself , when he appeared on the factory floor In assessing Reagan 's qualifications for the presidency his experience before he ran for elective office can not be discounted . |
| 55 | Reagan hammered away at themes which he had been developing for some years and which would be wheeled out every time he ran for public office . |
| 56 | Asked what he hoped for Soviet art and culture after long years of political oppression , he said there would be an enormous spiritual benefit , not least because of easier travel and contacts with the rest of the world . |
| 57 | If he hoped for public sympathy from his revelations about the affair and marriage , he was very wrong . |
| 58 | He hoped for positive outcomes , favourable , even : an increased share of the school 's capitation : a reallocation to rooms in closer proximity to one another and to the Craft Department ; improved storage facilities . |
| 59 | I rang Seddon at home before he left for New Scotland Yard and asked him to find out for me the names of the officers who had dealt with the Southwark Bridge case . |
| 60 | Under cross-examination he denied his evidence was tainted by any bitterness he held for British soldiers because he had been jailed in 1968 for five years in Manchester for assault . |