Example sentences of "be calling for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foundation of a national Board of Education signalled the acceptance within the official culture of a need for policies that would co-ordinate an efficient and fully national system of education , and also allowed the voices of dons who had been calling for a transformation of the traditional curriculum to carry more weight than ever before . |
| 2 | Turkish maritime experts are warning of the dangers of an increase in oil and gas traffic through the crowded Bosphorus and are calling for a revision of the 1963 Montreux Convention , which guarantees freedom of navigation through the waterway . |
| 3 | A worrying thing at the moment is as I said we 're in close contact with is that the Malaysian Government is sending representatives over to visit the European Community Ministers in May , to try and say that there 's absolutely nothing wrong with what 's going on in their country with the logging , and they 're saying that people like Friends of the Earth are calling for a ban on timber , not because they care about sustained yield , but because we want to be able to sell our own wood , and this is to depress their trade . |
| 4 | Institutional shareholders are calling for a change in the trust 's management and an eventual winding up . |
| 5 | Both groups are calling for a halt to the planning application until a full hydrological survey has been carried out to check the pond would be safe . |
| 6 | Aviation enthusiasts are calling for a memorial to be built on a hillside where a wartime pilot crashed . |
| 7 | MP 's in Ayrshire are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister , John Major . |
| 8 | Scottish fishermen 's representatives are opposing an all-out ban and are calling for a series of restrictions on imports until there is a balanced supply at the markets . |
| 9 | BARBADIAN cricket fans are calling for a boycott of tomorrow 's historic Test match , not because of any anti-South African sentiment but as a protest over the omission of local fast bowler Anderson Cummins . |
| 10 | Human rights groups are calling for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death . |
| 11 | Human rights groups are calling for a postmortem to ascertain the cause of his death . |
| 12 | She said : ‘ I shall be calling for a boycott — Barry Fry is Barnet , not Stan Flashman . ’ |
| 13 | The answer is that the stock market and press were calling for a demonstration of support by Cook some time ago . ’ |
| 14 | He 's calling for a change in direction to kick start the economy . |
| 15 | A pressure group 's calling for a compensation scheme for people who contract polio from vaccinations . |
| 16 | ORKNEY Harbours Authority is calling for a helicopter to be based on the islands for rescue work and pollution control , following the Braer oil tanker disaster in Shetland . |
| 17 | A rape counsellor is calling for a change in the law , which does n't regard such attacks as being as serious as those on women . |
| 18 | The mother of a north Oxfordshire girl who had to have her eye removed after an accident involving an airgun , is calling for a change in the gun laws . |
| 19 | Home Secretary Michael Howard is calling for a report on the case to see if there are any lessons to be learnt . |
| 20 | THE Scottish Office is calling for a £700,000 aid package from the European Commission to help the Shetland fishing industry after the Braer oilspill . |
| 21 | Greenpeace in the UK is calling for a moratorium on imports of Brazilian mahogany , of which the UK is the largest buyer , as well as a consumer boycott . |
| 22 | An MP is calling for a review of the murder convictions of two men . |
| 23 | By January 1990 the FDP was calling for a reduction to 350,000 personnel and a reduction in conscription to 12 months . |
| 24 | She said the campaign was calling for a halt to the trend towards privatisation , and more funding to prevent cuts in services . |
| 25 | Snegur favoured a gradual approach , but part of the Popular Front , demanding immediate action , was calling for a boycott of the presidential elections . |
| 26 | He was calling for a sherry . |