Example sentences of "have called [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The organisation has called on the European Commission to use its powers under the Euratom Treaty to investigate contamination around Mururoa . |
| 2 | In the Commons , the Labour Leader , John Smith , has called on the Prime Minister to do more to stop the killings in Bosnia . |
| 3 | The group has called on the Kenyan government to take urgent measures to preserve the lake 's natural resources . |
| 4 | The World Wide Fund for Nature ( WWF ) has called on the Indonesian government to halt exports of the red and blue lory , Eos histrio , to save it from extinction . |
| 5 | A group of publishers and journalists from 38 African countries has called on the United Nations to declare censorship a grave violation of human rights and has asked African governments to free journalists who have been jailed for their professional activities . |
| 6 | An all-party group of MPs has called on the Compact Disc industry to cut its prices by two pounds per disc saying the price difference between discs and cassettes can not be justified . |
| 7 | He has called on the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , to ensure that the Scottish Office or the Department of Trade and Industry urgently investigates the condition of the Scottish manufacturing base . |
| 8 | * The Russian government has called for a comprehensive moratorium on weapons testing by all nuclear states . |
| 9 | An MP has called for a total ban on tobacco advertising because he says the industry 's voluntary code is a waste of time . |
| 10 | An international scientific expedition has called for a 10-year moratorium on the extension of oil and gas production to a huge area of north-west Siberia to allow time for urgent research into its forests , peat bogs and tundra . |
| 11 | Sebastian Arcos Bergnes , vice-president of an unofficial human rights group , was brought to trial in early October for ‘ enemy propaganda ’ ; the prosecution has called for a six year sentence . |
| 12 | Margaret Anne Doody has called for a new edition of Leapor 's poetry . |
| 13 | Informix Software Inc 's UK managing director , Malcolm Padina , has called for a new initiative to purge the Unix market from software pirates : Padina , a board member of the Federation Against Software Theft aims to establish a Federation subcommittee to address the problem . |
| 14 | He believes that , because so many of the Yanomami have been killed by disease , they do n't need such a large area and has called for a new study of their territory . |
| 15 | Greenpeace has called for a complete reorganization of the International Atomic Energy Authority ( IAEA ) , the UN regulatory body , on the grounds that its mandate to promote nuclear energy is incompatible with its responsibility as an international nuclear watchdog . |
| 16 | Jim Smith , the manager whose shrewd tactical plan stifled Liverpool in last week 's 1–1 draw at Highbury , has called for a 10 per cent improvement from his players in tonight 's replay — and more of the same from the supporters . |
| 17 | Coun Ord , a member of Sedgefield District Council , has called for a concerted campaign to get the proportional representation across . |
| 18 | Vice-President of the London Tourist Board ( LTB ) , Lord Pitt of Hampstead , has called for a London-wide authority to plan and co-ordinate development in the capital . |
| 19 | Sir John Hoskyns , a former head of Mrs Thatcher 's Policy Unit , has called for a radical reform of the government system if the effort to transform the economy is to succeed . |
| 20 | Pressure group The Forum of Private Businesses has called for a radical change in the legal structure of small firms . |
| 21 | It rejected evidence from government witnesses that present management arrangements were working well and has called for a radical reorganization . |
| 22 | Although the WHO has called for a worldwide effort to stop AIDS , responses to the epidemic have varied considerably from country to country . |
| 23 | But English Heritage has called for a thorough feasibility study before the third application is determined . |
| 24 | Austria , Denmark , Germany , the Netherlands and Norway have already unilaterally imposed a 1 January 1995 deadline , and the German chemical industry federation , VCI , has called for a uniform phaseout timetable to be adopted by all signatories to the Montreal Protocol , who will be meeting in Copenhagen later this year . |
| 25 | A SCOTTISH fishing boss has called for a Europe-wide boycott of cheap fish to stop non-EC states destroying the fishing industry . |
| 26 | The ecologists ' leader Brice Lalonde , who has called for a broad-based ‘ Democratic Party ’ , welcomed Mr Rocard 's speech as the first admission by a top Socialist that the party was finished . |
| 27 | It has called for a global convention outlawing all toxic waste trade schemes — and it needs your support . |
| 28 | As the fatal accident inquiry gets underway , a leading academic has called for a dramatic change in the attitude of the government and courts towards Scotland 's drug users . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman represents a party that has called for a 50 per cent . |
| 30 | The RSPCA has called for a full investigation in the case of a Worcester man filmed torturing a cat . |