Example sentences of "[pers pn] called [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 8 January I called for a high-level meeting of donor countries to respond to the United Nations latest humanitarian appeal . |
| 2 | Driving away , I noticed that the vast chimney was still not functioning , but when I called at a neighbouring house a woman showed me videos she had taken of smoke coming from the plant , settling in her garden . |
| 3 | She called to a white-haired technician , ‘ Chas , do us a favour will you ? |
| 4 | Even she was surprised at Gedge 's tenacious loyalty to her ideology when she called at a local shop with him . |
| 5 | She called for a formal review of the whole case by Mrs Kemp , now she was back in her post . |
| 6 | ‘ Luk at thon in a shellsuit , ’ she called as a middle aged shopper hurried by , ‘ I thought you had to be a glue sniffer to wear a shellsuit . ’ |
| 7 | There now appeared at the door of the house a young woman , and she called in a high voice , ‘ Children ! |
| 8 | Islander was snug in her berth in Hythe Marina when we called on a dull and almost windless day shortly before Christmas last year . |
| 9 | Firstly we called for a major and sustained programme of development within West Belfast in order to reverse the history of long-term decline . |
| 10 | We called at a traditional fishing village where time seemed to have stood still and where the houses on stilts looked picturesque , but somewhat less than homely . |
| 11 | They called for a broader curriculum in a survey that revealed that 14 per cent believe bank loans are interest-free . |
| 12 | They called for a negotiated settlement restoring the republic 's sovereignty and territorial integrity . |
| 13 | It called for a revised constitution and the legalization of other political parties . |
| 14 | In its report of that name published in November 1987 it called for a full national strategy in cooperation with Eurotunnel , British Rail and regional interests to ensure that the potential benefits of the Tunnel are maximised ; the support of necessary infrastructure projects which do not meet current criteria for approval ; and a full technical study of the feasibility of a high speed rail link between Manchester and Continental Europe . |
| 15 | It called for a national plan , with the full co-operation of Commonwealth governments . |
| 16 | It called for a further postponement of the legislative elections which had already been deferred to begin on June 21 . |
| 17 | In April it called for a three-tier market , including an international equity market made up of the top 350 companies , a national market for most of the remaining companies listed on the Official List and the USM , and an enterprise market with minimum requirements for those companies not on the Official List , the intention being that those companies in the enterprise market should comprise higher risk operations . |
| 18 | It called for a EuroFed to co-ordinate monetary policies . |
| 19 | If there had been no reason for the attack , it called for a severe sentence ; in one sense , revenge attacks , which themselves strike a blow at public justice , could be said to aggravate the gravity of the offence . |
| 20 | But last Thursday he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 21 | Last Thursday , however , he made a spectacular return with a speech to party militants in Montlouis , on the outskirts of Tours , in which he called for a political ‘ big bang ’ in order to bring about the emergence of a new centre-left party as part of a recomposition of the whole of the French political scene . |
| 22 | He called for a gotong-royong Cabinet composed of all political groups , including the PKI . |
| 23 | He called for a one-day strike in September . |
| 24 | When I met him at Wentworth earlier this week he called for a peaceful Ryder Cup match against the Americans at The Belfry in September . |
| 25 | Instead he called for a new security order based either on " trilateral Soviet-Japanese-US consultations and concrete agreements " , or a five-power conference involving China , India , Japan , the Soviet Union and the USA . |
| 26 | He called for a new partnership economy with the private and public sectors working together . |
| 27 | In his ‘ April Theses ’ he called for a revolutionary government based on the Soviets and empowered to control the banks , production and distribution . |
| 28 | He called for a general election . |
| 29 | He called for a general strike to oppose " the rightist , reactionary , anti-constitutional coup " . |
| 30 | But one can sympathise with Mr Justice Henry , the now redundant Guinness judge , when he called for a radical re-appraisal of the way big fraud cases are handled . |