Example sentences of "have called [prep] the [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 | SWINDON player-manager Glenn Hoddle has called for the new back-pass laws to be changed immediately . |
| 9 | He has called for the compulsory registration of all property transactions in an attempt to stop the use of secret deals . |
| 10 | SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon has called for the immediate suspension of the officers involved and for the investigation to be carried out by officers from another police force . |
| 11 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |
| 12 | They 've called for the gradual introduction of tax increases balanced by a reduction in interest rates . |
| 13 | They had met a fortnight after Meg 's arrival when Alice had called at the Old Rectory with a suitcase of jumble for the annual sale in aid of St Andrew 's Church in Lydsett . |
| 14 | Before the fighting started in 1948 , some Palestinians had even arranged to take a holiday in case of hostilities and had called at the Lebanese consulate in Palestine to pick up a visa for Beirut . |
| 15 | The governments of Byelarus , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Moldova , Uzbekistan and Ukraine had called on the Russian government on April 2 not to deregulate oil prices before Oct. 1 , fearing for their economies if the cheap fuel they received from Russia was instead sold to them at world prices . |
| 16 | ADN , the official news agency , said the military leaders had called on the armed forces to fulfil their constitutional task of defending East Germany ‘ calmly and reliably during these fateful hours ’ . |
| 17 | ADN , the official news agency , said the military leaders had called on the armed forces to fulfil their constitutional task of defending East Germany ‘ calmly and reliably during these fateful hours ’ . |
| 18 | ADN , the official news agency , said the military leaders had called on the armed forces to fulfil their constitutional task of defending East Germany ‘ calmly and reliably during these fateful hours ’ . |
| 19 | The SDLP had called on the Unionist parties to give a guarantee to continue the talks after the election regardless of its outcome . |
| 20 | In the course of his visit to Sweden , Mandela had called on the international community to sever all diplomatic links with South Africa and to intensify sanctions in order to eliminate apartheid . |
| 21 | Those taking part included President Mitterrand ( who had condemned the " particularly abject " attack at Carpentras and had called on the French people to " pull themselves together " ) , Prime Minister Michel Rocard , and other members of the government and senior politicians excluding the FN . |
| 22 | Relations with France had deteriorated in recent weeks [ see p. 37874 ] , and on Dec. 21 the government denounced as " paternalistic " the comments of Thierry de Beaucé , the French Secretary of State for International Cultural Relations , who had called on the Moroccan government to respect human rights , especially in the context of the trials of those arrested over the Dec. 14-15 demonstrations . |
| 23 | A combative mood at the congress had been set at the very opening of proceedings when the first speaker in the debate on the agenda , Vladimir Bludov from Magadan in the Far East , had called for the entire politburo to resign . |
| 24 | Earlier in the year Jordan had called for the homeless to be set to work on a state-run farm . |
| 25 | Danish politicians and environmental groups had called for the permanent shutdown of the plant , not least because Sweden is already committed to phasing out nuclear power by 2010 . |
| 26 | Prudhoe , who had called for the original cross , could only tip the ball on to the bar and McCarthy headed the rebound home . |
| 27 | Prudhoe , who had called for the original cross , could only tip the ball on to the bar and McCarthy headed the rebound home . |
| 28 | Once I waited so long and stayed so late that I gave myself away to Syl , who had called in the usual way at the front door , to be told by my mother that I was in the summer-house and he should go and bring me out and back to the drawing-room where , like normal people , we should converse . |
| 29 | Then she got more excited and told me that a Mrs Boatman had called from the National Insurance and was ever so attractive and charming . |
| 30 | A GROUP of travelling people who has set up a temporary encampment near the Co Down village of Ardglass have called on the local council to provide a permanent site . |