Example sentences of "call for the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Concern has been raised in Parliament today and the Social Security Select Committee called for the eight month old agency to be overhauled . |
| 2 | In addition , the Council called for the financial incentives available to franchised firms to be improved before it would confirm its support for franchising . |
| 3 | In freezing temperatures and light snowfall , the enthusiastic and emotional crowd in Sofia heard Bulgaria 's most radical demands so far and called for the ousted leader , Mr Todor Zhivkov , to stand trial for fraud and mismanagement . |
| 4 | After the Restoration , however , there was a very different political climate ; in 1661 the Irish Parliament called for the Solemn League and Covenant to be burnt by the public hangman . |
| 5 | This pact called for the rival forces , confronting each other in the south of the city , to pull back and allow a neutral force under the control of the interim government to establish a buffer zone . |
| 6 | An extraordinary congress of the ruling party , the communist Partido Africano da Indepêndencia de Cabo Verde ( PAICV ) , was called for the latter part of 1990 , after the introduction of a multiparty system had been agreed in principle by the national council — the party 's policy-making body between congresses . |
| 7 | SWINDON player-manager Glenn Hoddle has called for the new back-pass laws to be changed immediately . |
| 8 | A construction strike called for the first week of April by Spain 's two largest unions originally dashed hopes of completing the project on time . |
| 9 | He has called for the compulsory registration of all property transactions in an attempt to stop the use of secret deals . |
| 10 | A combative mood at the congress had been set at the very opening of proceedings when the first speaker in the debate on the agenda , Vladimir Bludov from Magadan in the Far East , had called for the entire politburo to resign . |
| 11 | President Ramiz Alia of Albania on Sept. 2 called for the substantial body of ethnic Albanians in Yugoslavia to be represented at the peace conference . |
| 12 | The meeting called for the immediate demobilisation of the contras and urged that funds approved for the Nicaraguan rebels be channelled through a commission they had established earlier . |
| 13 | Unreality supervened again as Argentina fired its President Galtieri and called for the immediate withdrawal of British forces . |
| 14 | SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon has called for the immediate suspension of the officers involved and for the investigation to be carried out by officers from another police force . |
| 15 | Alongside resolutions on Russia and Peace , the Convention called for the immediate restoration of civil liberties , and for the establishment of all-inclusive local committees to carry forward the agitation — provocatively named Workers ' and Soldiers , Councils . |
| 16 | The resolution passed by the executive called for the immediate expulsion of illegal Bangladeshi Muslims . |
| 17 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 18 | The manifesto condemned the invasion of Kuwait and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces . |
| 19 | The extraordinary NATO Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Brussels on Aug. 21 , overtaken by events as the coup collapsed [ see below ] , called for the immediate restoration of Gorbachev and stated support for " the democratically elected leaders " , mentioning Yeltsin by name . |
| 20 | Significantly , however , the PAC , which had consistently called for the immediate transfer of power from the white minority , agreed to negotiations with the de Klerk regime . |
| 21 | In a joint statement afterwards the two sides called for the immediate resumption of the GATT global trade talks in Geneva . |
| 22 | A Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry statement issued on Jan. 9 , 1990 , called for the complete removal of Soviet troops from Czechoslovakia by the end of 1990 ( see p. 37195 ) . |
| 23 | When the plenum opened on March 12 , the MPRP general secretary Jambyn Batmönh announced his resignation and that of the seven-member politburo and called for the complete separation of the party and state , saying that the party would henceforth " prove its leading role in the society not constitutionally but with its deeds for happy future [ sic ] of the Mongolian people " . |
| 24 | While Iraq demanded the unconditional release of all prisoners-of-war ( PoWs ) and their return to their countries of origin on " humanitarian and legal " grounds , Iran insisted that the issue of prisoner exchange could not be separated from territorial questions and called for the simultaneous withdrawal of Iranian and Iraqi troops from each other 's territory with prisoner exchange . |
| 25 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 26 | The report called for the better organization of training and education between employers , trade unions and individuals . |
| 27 | Finance ministers from the 10 COMECON member states met in Prague on Jan. 17 , 1990 , and called for the progressive introduction of convertible currencies in intra-bloc trading . |
| 28 | The Pan-African Union for Social Democracy called for the total rejection of any modification of the election timetable , while on Sept. 15 the National Alliance for Democracy ( AND ) , a grouping of about 40 political parties , demanded that the 12-month transition period be respected and called for a reshuffle of André Milongo 's transitional government . |
| 29 | Angry Israelis blocked Jerusalem 's main street and called for the prime minister Yitzhak Rabin , to resign . |
| 30 | A fall-back plan , if the opening attack failed to take the Isle of Wight , called for the combined fleet to anchor in Torbay , from which raids might be made on the Channel Islands and Plymouth . |