Example sentences of "be calling for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're calling for more investment from the Government . |
| 2 | Or was he merely seeking to confuse people in the West who have been calling for military intervention ? |
| 3 | For years , people have been calling for sixth form studies to be broadened and updated , but now the pressures for change have become urgent . |
| 4 | Environmental organizations have been calling for some time for the incorporation of environmental criteria into the various CAP support mechanisms . |
| 5 | Labour say they would increase policing levels still further , and the Liberal Democrats are calling for new crime prevention programmes . |
| 6 | There are also claims that some ministers are calling for increased borrowing to reduce the impact of cuts while others may push for tax increases . |
| 7 | Parents and staff at a primary school are calling for compulsory seat belts on coaches following a crash in which thirteen children were injured . |
| 8 | The churches in Togo are calling for international aid and support following increasingly violent attacks on civilians . |
| 9 | Experts on the effects of head injuries are calling for better treatment for victims . |
| 10 | The BMC are calling for urgent action to preserve some of Scotland 's most beautiful countryside areas |
| 11 | In an attempt to prevent any further loss of the country 's mangroves , Ecuadorian environmentalists are calling for strict control over the expansion of shrimp farming , a key export industry which earns Ecuador half a billion dollars a year in foreign exchange . |
| 12 | Some Scottish fishing leaders are calling for revived seal culls as a means of boosting the local economy . |
| 13 | The National Children 's Home says many ca n't even afford basic necessities like food and clothing , It 's calling for immediate government action to help what it calls The Lost Generation |
| 14 | He 's calling for more street demonstrations when the Queen arrives in Nicosia tomorrow . |
| 15 | Charles Pollard says soft sentencing is letting criminals get off lightly , and he 's calling for urgent reform of the criminal justice system . |
| 16 | The society is calling for higher income support , more incentives for parents to return to work and restoration of benefits to unemployed 16- and 17-year-olds . |
| 17 | The report in the British Medical Journal is calling for new school vaccination policies . |
| 18 | Sorry , I wanted to make two points , I think there 's a big difference between foresters like yourself and the people who 're actually out there logging , and you know , I have no doubt about the work you do at the Oxford Forestry Institute , and several of your tutors and lecturers have been to talk to us , and Friends of the Earth certainly is calling for sustainable management forestry . |
| 19 | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) is calling for immediate action to restore Scotland 's few remaining native pinewoods . |
| 20 | An MP who 's at risk of losing much of his personal fortune in the Lloyds insurance scandal is calling for legal action to stop what he calls the swindling , fraud and insider dealing in the insurance market . |
| 21 | A charity is calling for tougher action in the fight against solvent abuse . |
| 22 | Coun John Elders is calling for tougher action after drunken teenage vandals rampaged along the promenade at Seaton Carew , near Hartlepool , wrecking seafront chalets . |
| 23 | NOERC is calling for further electrification schemes , the adoption of the Continental loading gauge , a more flexible attitude towards the provision of regional freight depots through the use of grants payable under Section 8 of the Railways Act 1974 , and an early decision on the provision of regional inland customs clearance facilities to complement those at British Rail 's main Tunnel freight assembly point at Willesden . |
| 24 | As a consequence , the report is calling for more attention to the reasons and procedures governing X-rays . |
| 25 | Now he 's sueing the Ford motor company in America and is calling for improved safety in all vehicles . |
| 26 | Coun Brian Wilson is calling for improved security to youngsters using houses under renovation as playgrounds in St Aidan 's Cresent at Thornley , near Peterlee . |
| 27 | Environmentalist Darryl D'Monte is calling for big technology to be supplemented by smaller schemes . |
| 28 | When I left , he was calling for more beer . |
| 29 | The Duke did his stately bow at that and then Donald was calling for another song . |