Example sentences of "[v-ing] for the immediate [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | However , on April 2 , after talks with the government , strike action was called off , becoming " token action " pending the acceptance of a nine-point agreement providing for the immediate payment of overdue wages and negotiations on the future of the industry . |
2 | On Nov. 20 opposition groups issued a joint statement calling for the immediate resignation of Ershad and fair and free elections within three months and announcing a general strike on Nov. 26 . |
3 | The campaign , run by a Sussex antique dealer , Andrew Fenton , and a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , is supporting the mother — known only as Mrs W for legal reasons — in calling for the immediate return of all seven children . |
4 | Calling for the immediate withdrawal of the " invasion forces " , the resolution demanded respect for the Torrijos-Carter Panama Canal treaties and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Panama . |
5 | On Warsaw Pact membership , Antall 's statement provided some response to the challenge of the Free Democrats , who had tabled an emergency resolution earlier in the month calling for the immediate withdrawal of Hungarian forces from the alliance 's joint command . |
6 | Gorbachev on March 30 issued an appeal to the Lithuanian Supreme Council calling for the immediate repeal of its " illegal acts " , which would " open up the possibility of discussing the whole package of problems which have arisen " . |
7 | It is hardly surprising that health authorities and hospital managers were calling for the immediate introduction of capitation funding for fundholders as a means of stemming losses from their budgets . |
8 | On April 26 the central executive committee of the Nepali Congress met and adopted a resolution calling for the immediate dissolution of the district and local non-party panchayats , and for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and elections within a year . |
9 | It would be surprising , Mr. Beloff submitted , if Parliament had given the Bank of England the right to issue notices calling for the immediate production of documents which ipso facto overrode court orders , and constitutionally anomalous to allow an executive order to override a judicial order , since it would deny the court an opportunity to balance competing interests ; the court should be slow to conclude that it was excluded from this arena . |
10 | Please send courteous letters appealing for the immediate release of Jampa Ngodrup to : |