Example sentences of "[pers pn] called for 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 | She called for a formal review of the whole case by Mrs Kemp , now she was back in her post . |
| 3 | Firstly we called for a major and sustained programme of development within West Belfast in order to reverse the history of long-term decline . |
| 4 | They called for a broader curriculum in a survey that revealed that 14 per cent believe bank loans are interest-free . |
| 5 | They called for a negotiated settlement restoring the republic 's sovereignty and territorial integrity . |
| 6 | It called for a revised constitution and the legalization of other political parties . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It called for a national plan , with the full co-operation of Commonwealth governments . |
| 9 | It called for a further postponement of the legislative elections which had already been deferred to begin on June 21 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It called for a EuroFed to co-ordinate monetary policies . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It called for an immediate halt to land confiscations and settlement building in the Occupied Territories , in order to allow for " bilateral negotiations on the withdrawal of Israeli forces , the dissolution of Israeli administration and the transfer of authority to the Palestinian people " . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He called for a gotong-royong Cabinet composed of all political groups , including the PKI . |
| 17 | He called for a one-day strike in September . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He called for a new partnership economy with the private and public sectors working together . |
| 21 | In his ‘ April Theses ’ he called for a revolutionary government based on the Soviets and empowered to control the banks , production and distribution . |
| 22 | He called for a general election . |
| 23 | He called for a general strike to oppose " the rightist , reactionary , anti-constitutional coup " . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | According to C.-in-C. of CIS Armed Forces Marshal Yevgeny Shaposhnikov , it now remained for Ukraine to recognize Russia 's jurisdiction over nuclear weapons located on its territory , and he called for a Russian-Ukrainian summit to discuss the issue . |
| 26 | Bonar Law was prepared to make the right noises — in 1913 at Manchester he called for a positive social policy in Disraelian lines for " the swing of the pendulum is not enough " , but he would give no more active support . |
| 27 | He called for a single European standard for everything from track size to signalling and from staff training to rolling stock . |
| 28 | Speaking on Sept. 29 , he called for a special session of the Assembly on this issue , and welcomed the United Kingdom 's proposal to convene ( in April 1990 ) an international conference on drug demand reduction . |
| 29 | Eric Stephen said he thought that a of method getting people into the scheme was ‘ off the rails ’ and he called for a large input of help and direction while Andrew Macfarlane said that unless the end user guaranteed a premium farming leaders could ‘ forget FASL ’ . |
| 30 | He called for an Arab order " far removed from the stains of oil , consumerism and tyranny " and attacked " those Arabs " who were " motivated by tribal affiliation and arrogance " and who had " flooded the nation with their oil and bragged about their seats which were restored at the hands of the foreigner and with its lances stained with the blood of their brothers " . |