Example sentences of "and called for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chairman of the Sports Council , Peter Yarranton , concurred and called for the expansion of pay and play facilities to at least 30% of all future developments to allow ‘ sport for all ’ . |
| 2 | As Layton left the Old Bailey on a bicycle , NCP 's board welcomed his acquittal and called for the law to be clarified . |
| 3 | On March 20 the opposition National Convention for the Restoration of Democracy [ see p. 37922 ] criticized the government for failing to uphold the pledges of its own programme and called for the formation of a government enjoying the nation 's confidence , which would institute real political change . |
| 4 | On May 7 the CTU announced that it had suspended the general strike from May 8 , and called for the formation of a new government capable of tackling " national and economic issues " . |
| 5 | He contended that 250,000 Scots locked into an unwanted dependency ‘ look to government to free them ’ and called for the Government to invest in research and development , transport infrastructure and environmental measures , and training a skilled workforce . |
| 6 | The United States accepted for the first time the phrase ‘ legitimate rights of the Palestinian people ’ and called for the participation of the ‘ Palestinian people ’ , a major concession to the Soviet Union , in return for Soviet retraction of its previous insistence on the participation of the PLO , the establishment of an independent Palestinian state , and the total withdrawal of Israeli forces to the 1949 Armistice Line . |
| 7 | The protest focused on high rents and called for the resignation of township councillors . |
| 8 | However , a joint Hungarian-Romanian demonstration in the nearby city of Cluj on March 18 had demanded an end to inter-ethnic hostility and called for the resignation of Iliescu and for the dismissal of all members of Ceausescu 's Securitate secret police . |
| 9 | The FNM attacked the size and cost of the new Cabinet and called for the resignation of Maynard and of Philip Bethel , who had been criticized for his stewardship of the Transport Ministry and the troubles of the state airline Bahamasair . |
| 10 | The National Union of Public Employees said the way in which the board had acted was disgraceful and called for the resignation of all the members . |
| 11 | In a message published in the Basque-language newspaper Egin on March 12 ETA noted that its bombs were directed against " military targets " and called for the resumption of negotiations with the government on a truce . |
| 12 | The NCC urged the government to review school meals and called for the supermarkets to be closely monitored to ensure consumers were not being exploited . |
| 13 | Besides denying Dr Darsee government research funds for 10 years , the panel also recommended that Dr Darsee be excluded from serving on any NIH advisory committee for the same period and called for the heart institute to collect from the hospital the estimated cost of the aborted research put at $122 371 . |
| 14 | It also condemned the system of accommodating workers in single-sex hostels and called for the provision of more housing . |
| 15 | The African National Congress ( ANC ) , in a joint statement with the South African Communist Party ( SACP ) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) , said that the referendum announcement reflected the " crisis of the apartheid establishment " , and called for the defence of the negotiation process . |
| 16 | The communiqué also committed Alliance members to the " early ratification " of the Conventional Forces in Europe ( CFE ) Treaty [ see pp. 37838-39 ; 38027 ; 38122 ; 38217 ] and called for the revival of the " Open Skies " negotiations on aerial reconnaissance [ see pp. 37201 ; 35267 ; 37393 ; 37466 ; 37838 ] . |
| 17 | They urged Prime Minister Miklós Németh to reveal who had been privy to the intelligence information , and called for the dismissal of Interior Minister István Horváth ; they stopped short of calling for the government 's resignation , however , saying that the country needed stability before the elections . |
| 18 | Gorbachev met with Yakovlev , Nazarbayev , Akayev and Yeltsin on Aug. 27 and called for the Union Treaty process to be renewed , threatening to resign at the Supreme Soviet in September if the uncontrolled dissolution of the Soviet Union continued . |
| 19 | In the sphere of foreign policy he promised improved relations with those capitalist countries " which respect our sovereignty " , and called for the signing of a peace treaty between North Korea and the United States , and the negotiation of a non-aggression pact between North and South Korea . |
| 20 | There were heated exchanges inside the GNA on April 22 , and a number of opposition deputies submitted their resignations and called for the GNA 's dissolution . |
| 21 | Hearing of the arrest of Martin Luther King in Georgia , he telephoned King 's wife to express his sympathy and called for the release of the highly respected civil rights leader . |
| 22 | The CCDFG denounced the continued existence of " repressive laws " and called for the release of political prisoners and detainees . |
| 23 | He also angrily denounced the changes sweeping Eastern Europe , saying that Israel would be the " main beneficiary " and called for the Arabs to unite in a holy war " as long as time " against Israel . |
| 24 | The court thought that the law was " impenetrable " and called for the Lords to review it . |
| 25 | Dean Martin , Sammy Cahn and Tony tried to calm her down while Sinatra reached for his car radio and called for the police and an ambulance . |
| 26 | If your father 'e 'ad listened to the nurse and called for the doctor and not for the priest — puh ! ’ |
| 27 | The EC 's Feb. 17 statement expressed grave concern about attacks on the Greek minority in Albania , and called for the re-establishment of public order by the Albanian government . |
| 28 | Soviet Germans , about two million strong , established a new All-Union Society of Germans in early 1989 and called for the restoration of their autonomous republic , which had been abolished at the outbreak of the war in 1941 . |
| 29 | A strong , vocal group argued that Raybestos should not be allowed to emit any asbestos dust from the factory , and called for the use of a safe alternative in the factory process . |
| 30 | She drew on sensible boots and a warm woollen cape and called for the carriage to be brought round to the front . |