Example sentences of "call for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His second ‘ radical ’ option called for far-reaching cuts in state investment and price subsidies , transformation of state-run enterprises into joint-stock companies , co-operatives and private companies . |
| 2 | The European Commission yesterday duly called for total deregulation of telephone service in the European Community by 1998 and asked telecommunications ministers to endorse that goal at their Council of Ministers on May 10 : the UK is the only European Community country where the body responsible for installing phones and running the service has been forced to make room for a competitor , but national territorial monopolies were not suited to the needs of a single Community market and technological advances meant they were no longer justified in any case , the Commission said ; Industry Commissioner Martin Bangemann said the Commission would soon produce another paper on whether development of telephone networks should also be dealt with under a free market system , adding that the Commission believed companies from outside the Community should be free to reap the benefits of deregulation as long as EC firms were able to do likewise on those firms ' home territory ; but the Commission pulled back from recommending that large companies be free to lease spare capacity on the networks of utilities such as gas from the start of next year . |
| 3 | National legal administration called for regional delegation . |
| 4 | Every day the diary had to be filled ; an important day-to-day record of garden affairs was imperative for his writing and current Work for his publishers called for continued attention , because throughout his long life editions of the Dictionary and the Abridgement needed revision and extension . |
| 5 | Because arbitration called for personal authority , tact , and understanding , some princes — Hugh of Burgundy , Robert II of Flanders — achieved a high reputation which attracted many disputes to their court . |
| 6 | The Council meeting was called for petty reasons . |
| 7 | In the Conservative Party Churchill consistently called for effective rearmament . |
| 8 | The DNSF did win the vote , however , on simultaneous legislative and presidential elections , whereas Petre Roman 's rival National Salvation Front had called for separate election dates . |
| 9 | Yesterday , though , the independent committee set up by the Government to look at the admissibility of pre-trial video interviews of abused children called for radical changes . |
| 10 | The new deal called for radical changes in the working patterns of all grades of hospital staff , for the removal of the inappropriate non-medical duties , and for better accommodation and on call facilities . |
| 11 | Southern nations called for specific funds to be made available to support the improvements , but this was rejected by the northern donor nations . |
| 12 | On the other hand , at a meeting with the Soviet ambassador in Gdansk on Jan. 18 the leader of Solidarity , Lech Walesa , had called for Soviet forces to be recalled by the end of 1990 . |
| 13 | Here are a couple of examples : * The development of computer technology called for parallel developments in printer technology . |
| 14 | In a report on Feb. 20 the investigator from the UN Human Rights Commission , Max van der Stoel , called for long-term monitoring of human rights in Iraq by a UN team . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , neighbours have called for extra police protection on the Red Hall estate . |
| 16 | Today , as the massive clear-up operation got underway traders called for extra security measures including the installation of cameras . |
| 17 | Keegan called for cool heads in tonight 's home clash with Cesena after the explosive finale to the Ascoli match three weeks ago saw striker David Kelly sent off . |
| 18 | Thus , to battle with the obstinate problem of unemployment , the President called for renewed spending on public works , and in 1935 a Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) was set up under Harry Hopkins . |
| 19 | In a sombre May Day speech , Mengistu admitted that the government had suffered setbacks and called for renewed commitment to the war , saying : " It is no longer a question of national unity , but rather of national survival . " |
| 20 | A later communiqué from the guerrillas called for immediate peace talks and for their representation in the Constituent Assembly . |
| 21 | King Hussein of Jordan , in a televised message to the US Congress and people on Sept. 23 , called for immediate withdrawal of the multinational force and for the pursuit of a solution in an Arab context . |
| 22 | The Australian RSPCA has called for immediate reforms to animal protection laws after discovering 10,000 sheep had starved to death on a farm in south-western New South Wales . |
| 23 | Speakers called for immediate action to reverse Mr Zhivkov 's national and religious assimilation policies towards the ethnic Turks and Bulgarian Muslims . |
| 24 | AN MP has called for immediate action to stop finance companies using ‘ blatant political scare tactics ’ in a bid to drum up business . |
| 25 | The 15 nations of the South Pacific Forum have condemned French nuclear testing and called for immediate cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases . |
| 26 | On the other hand , the OECD , the Institute of Fiscal Studies , the financial institutions in the City and two of his Tory predecessors , Lord Howe and Lord Lawson , called for immediate tax increases . |
| 27 | On the other hand , the OECD , the Institute of Fiscal Studies , the financial institutions in the City and two of his Tory predecessors , Lord Howe and Lord Lawson , called for immediate tax increases . |
| 28 | A special session of the Diet was called for early August , but with the developing securities scandal leading to widespread calls for urgent measures to improve regulation of the stock market , the LDP 's failure to secure the support of Komeito and the DSP , and an unknown level of support for Kaifu within his own party , it was far from certain that the Prime Minister would succeed in his legislative aims . |
| 29 | The ruling DEMOS coalition dissolved itself at a meeting on Dec. 30 , and called for early elections in April or May 1992 . |
| 30 | Some political groups , such as the Civic Union industrial lobby , called for early elections for both president and the Congress to break the deadlock . |