Example sentences of "call for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this occasion , devising a pretext for attacking the auditors has called for some ingenuity . |
| 2 | This clearly called for some celebration and the occasion was highlighted by the presence of John Shaw and John Darbyshire , former MD 's of the company . |
| 3 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
| 4 | His assembled staff stared stonily back , as he looked round at them , apparently calling for some kind of congratulations . |
| 5 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 6 | Those who imagine that they see the spectre of euthanasia raising its head look with particular misgiving at the doctor 's decision to discontinue ventilation.4 Those lawyers who have given the issue their attention have accepted the common factual assumption that turning off a ventilator is significant , and have then sought legal arguments by which to justify it.5 For they have had to recognize both that it is a common medical practice , and that it is one which prima facie calls for some justification . |
| 7 | The phrase ‘ statutory trusts ’ calls for some explanation . |
| 8 | First , the term ‘ suicide ’ calls for some elucidation . |
| 9 | They are , therefore , formulaic in character and although they may call for some adaptation for contextual fit they are not composed on each occasion from constituent parts . |
| 10 | The apparent concentration of research effort in some well-favoured areas is justified by the intrinsic geological interest of these areas , but the large areas of Scotland in which no university-supported research has been undertaken must call for some explanation . |
| 11 | Right , and this will call for some sensitivity in terms of how we handle this . |
| 12 | Most people would agree that the first of these could be dispensed with without much regret or difficulty , but the others do seem to call for some sort of ceremony . |