Example sentences of "by call for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Richard von Weizsaecker , also from the CDU , launched the latest discussion last Christmas by calling for a looser law that could include dual citizenship . |
| 2 | Pressure to move to a policy of electoral reform is certain to grow , and the Left is expected to line up behind Mr Gould by calling for a radical rethink of economic policy . |
| 3 | Last month , Mr Rocard caused a great frisson of excitement to run through the deeply-dejected Socialist ranks by calling for a political ‘ big bang ’ to allow the creation of a new centre left movement consisting of progressive-minded Communists , Ecologists , Centrists and what remained of the Socialists . |
| 4 | Tory rebels believe they have found a legal way of spoking the wheels of the bill 's passage by calling for a judicial review of the constitutional implications of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill , which today enters its 18th day in the Commons . |
| 5 | Achille Occhetto , PCI general secretary , had opened the congress with a speech on Jan. 31 designed to conciliate the left wing by calling for a unilateral ceasefire in the Gulf and the withdrawal of Italian naval and air force contingents from the anti-Iraq coalition . |
| 6 | Iraq , meanwhile , attempted to take advantage of the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia by calling for a holy war , or Jihad , against King Fahd in order to protect the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina from " infidel " ( non-Moslem ) forces . |