Example sentences of "had [adv] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had constantly called for reductions in the burdens of taxation on both corporations and individuals and regularly denounced the federal government for being too big , too meddlesome and too wasteful of the taxpayers ' money . |
| 2 | The bills had merely called for further federal studies : control was considered a state and local concern . |
| 3 | The premiere had not called for any great celebration , even the soi-disant Louise Müller being in subdued spirits after her confession . |
| 4 | Dr Neil , who had just called for the bill , pulled out his watch , and said cheerfully , ‘ Oh , we have already missed it , McAllister . |
| 5 | Chattopadhyay had served as a Minister under Indira Gandhi in the 1970s ; following the November 1989 Lok Sabha elections he had unsuccessfully called for the resignation of Rajiv Gandhi as Congress ( I ) leader and had eventually resigned from the party . |
| 6 | The exiled monarch had also called for an immediate end to military rule . |
| 7 | Reports on April 6 said that Australia 's Prime Minister Bob Hawke had also called for international action to help the Kurds . |
| 8 | Some 1,500 high-school students had been protesting against the reintroduction of mid-term examinations and had also called for increased government spending on education . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Members of the League and supporters of the Unity Manifesto had repeatedly called for " Unity within the framework of the Labour Party " . |
| 11 | On the contrary , all kinds of groups and associations representing ideas of this kind had come into existence in the USSR : some of them had openly called for ‘ power-sharing ’ on the basis of a ‘ parliamentary regime ’ , for ‘ free trade unions ’ , ‘ autonomous publishing houses ’ and so forth . |
| 12 | Buthelezi for his part had frequently called for such a meeting , insisting on meeting Mandela on an equal footing . |
| 13 | On June 5 the Army Council announced that the country 's armed forces would be reduced by an unspecified amount ; the army was believed to number more than 100,000 , and the World Bank and international aid donors had frequently called for reductions . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Police used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators , who also burned down a trade union office and fired guns outside the office of the National Front for Change and Democracy ( FNCD — a loose coalition group led by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide ) because both had allegedly called for Préval 's resignation . |
| 16 | Surprising , but almost certainly true ; those few moments at the end of a chaotic evening had never called for names . |
| 17 | The report of an official inquiry , published in January , had said that Gueï was responsible for a violent raid on a student hostel in May 1991 [ see pp. 38278-79 ] and had specifically called for his immediate punishment . |