Example sentences of "call for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Rivers Authority in Wales has called for a ban on conifer plantations in sensitive areas , but Nicholas Luard and the Bara Ceirch group feel they need to act more quickly to save the river . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Cardinal Basil Hume and Bishop Patrick Kelly have both called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing in the past few days . |
| 4 | CARDINAL Basil Hume and Bishop Patrick Kelly have both called for a ban on nuclear weapons testing in the past few days . |
| 5 | The plan called for a ban on political parties " which incite national or religious hatred " : in this context Jovic renewed his condemnation of the recent multiparty elections in Slovenia and Croatia , in particular making a veiled attack on the victorious Croatian Democratic Union ( HDZ — see p. 37381 and below ) as a fascist organization . |
| 6 | The UN has called for a ban on drift nets worldwide by 1992 , and in the South Pacific by 1991 . |
| 7 | French farmers have called for a ban on imports . |
| 8 | The Swedish government has called for a ban on the international trade in the bluefin tuna . |
| 9 | Friends of the Earth ( FoE ) has called for a ban on further production of halons , used principally in fire extinguishers . |
| 10 | Residents first called for a ban four years ago , claiming that heavy vehicles were ruining their quality of life . |
| 11 | Drawing on the results of 11 surveys , The Boxing Debate concludes there is no evidence to suggest boxing is any safer today than it was a decade ago when the BMA first called for a ban . |
| 12 | The proposals fall short of demands made by Scottish Natural Heritage and environment groups , which have called for a ban on tanker traffic in the Fair Isle Straits . |
| 13 | In his address on Nov. 2 the FIS leader Abbasi Madani called for a jihad ( " holy war " ) if " there [ was ] any procrastination in holding these elections " . |
| 14 | In giving judgment I recorded , at p. 623 , that there appeared to be no requirement under the rules and no practice to give such particulars in the committal order and called for a revision of the practice which has , I believe , now taken place generally and was certainly followed in M. 's case . |
| 15 | Peter Lynch , chairman of Castleblayney District Council , called for a revision in the law revised to ensure ‘ adequate penalties for killers on Ireland 's roads . ’ |
| 16 | When the man had had his face washed ( by stella ) and been given a drink , and one of the barmen had called for a taxi , Mother got right up and got on the stage and told Gary she was ready for her song now . |
| 17 | The movement called for a referendum on the islands ' continued union with the mainland . |
| 18 | In July the authorities arrested two leading opponents of the government , Charles Rubia and Kenneth Matiba , who had called for a referendum on the future of one-party rule ; in subsequent protest riots 20 people died [ see p. 37603 ] . |
| 19 | During November former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher had repeatedly called for a referendum before the UK agreed to join moves to introduce a single currency , and the debate further highlighted the divisions within the Conservative Party in its approach to Europe , although Thatcher after the summit reportedly professed herself to be impressed by Major 's performance there . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , Sir Rhodes Boyson , who supported the government last night , called for a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 21 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 22 | However the Occupational Pensions Board called for a pensions tribunal and Tony Thurham , chairman of the Association of Pensions Lawyers , said : ‘ Many pensions lawyers would have preferred a tribunal since it would probably have had greater powers and more staff . |
| 23 | Five hundred deputies called for a session of the Congress of People 's Deputies to formalize the dissolution of the Soviet Union , but the call was not heeded . |
| 24 | The application called for a ruling to order US payment of compensation " in accordance with the injuries suffered by the Islamic Republic and the bereaved families " . |
| 25 | The chairman of both Hachette and of Matra , and now of the combined group , Jean-Luc Lagardère , called for a normalisation of relations with Havas in the face of intensified foreign competition from Bertelsmann and other non-French rivals . |
| 26 | In December 1966 , police had to evict anti-war demonstrators from the Berkeley campus , and , as student leaders called for a campus strike , they started singing the old student favourite ‘ Solidarity Forever ’ . |
| 27 | Magistrates and solicitors in the 1870s and 1880s painted a picture of working class wives falling prey to the tallyman or ‘ scotch hawker ’ selling inferior and expensive goods , and called for a law to limit the power of the married woman to pledge her husband 's credit in such circumstances . |
| 28 | In January 1990 Senator Robert Dole , the Republican minority leader in the Senate , called for a reduction in US aid to Israel [ see p. 37199 ] and in April criticized the automatic support of Congress for resolutions favouring Jerusalem as Israel 's capital [ see p. 37392 ] . |
| 29 | Other strikes ( notably among Warsaw 's transport workers ) have called for a loosening of the government 's tight monetary policy and an end to wage control . |
| 30 | He congratulated Ortega on his conduct of the elections and called for a ceasefire in the contra war , stating that " given the clear mandate for peace and democracy there is no reason for further military activity from any quarter " . |