Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] called for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Expressing concern about the global economic recession , US and German officials called for a special G-7 summit to break the existing stalemate on GATT talks . |
| 2 | Foreign Ministers called for a comprehensive political settlement , and spoke of " the need to create the conditions for an early deployment of UN peacekeeping forces " . |
| 3 | The s the revolution of social services called for a rolling programme and a rolling review and the amendment Mr is utterly meaningless because the matter will be constantly referred back and further considered by social services whatever the amendment says that 's what the original resolution said . |
| 4 | The opposition Union of Democratic Forces called for a campaign of protest and civil disobedience , condemning Nabiyev 's election as " a reactionary communist coup " and demanding the lifting of the emergency regulations , the dissolution of the Supreme Soviet and popular presidential elections . |
| 5 | The Liberal Democrats called for a ‘ flexible decade of retirement ’ in a new policy blueprint published this week . |
| 6 | In May 1915 the Italian and Swiss Socialist Parties called for a conference of socialists who had ‘ remained true to the old principles of the International … and were ready to fight for the mobilization of Socialists in all countries against war . ’ |
| 7 | Anti-road campaigners called for the government to guarantee long-term protection for Oxleas Wood and pointed out that the change of mind did not necessarily signal a change of policy , with the government 's £23,000 million roads programme continuing to threaten 160 sites of special scientific interest , many of them more valuable than Oxleas Wood . |
| 8 | Darlington Tory councillors called for a rethink on the scheme after disabled groups complained even though the council has agreed to provide another 44 parking spaces for disabled drivers at Abbot 's Yard . |
| 9 | Although some black groups called for a boycott of the curfew , it had the effect of restoring an uneasy calm . |
| 10 | Last night the Londonbased Society for Black Lawyers called for a public inquiry into the men 's cases and for the dismissal of the officers involved in their arrest . |
| 11 | JERUSALEM ( Reuter ) — Britain 's senior diplomat in the Israeli-occupied territories called for an inquiry into the killing by troops of an Arab youth . |
| 12 | In 1972 the United Nations called for a ten-year moratorium on all commercial whaling to be enacted through the IWC . |
| 13 | The G77 group of developing nations called for a commitment from all developed nations to meet this target by the year 2000 . |
| 14 | Palestinian leaders in the occupied territories called for an escalation of the intifada , in response to the formation of what they called a " terrorist " government . |
| 15 | ONE of the most important wage claims in the pay round was submitted yesterday when leaders of Ford 's 33,000 manual workers called for a double figure increase . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The Central American participants called for the liberalization of the banana market in view of the possible drop in banana exports once the European single market was established at the end of 1992 . |
| 18 | Western negotiators called for a ceiling for any one country of 30 per cent of the combined East-West total . |
| 19 | Labour MPs called for the security services to be put under the control of a Commons committee , and barraged John Major with questions . |
| 20 | Senior front-benchers called for the party to reflect and rebuild , rather than offer ‘ instant wisdom ’ on the reasons it lost . |
| 21 | NAM originated in the Bandung Conference of 1955 , where a large number of poor African and Asian countries called for a better economic deal from the rich countries of the world . |