Example sentences of "call for the immediate [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a joint statement afterwards the two sides called for the immediate resumption of the GATT global trade talks in Geneva . |
| 2 | Unreality supervened again as Argentina fired its President Galtieri and called for the immediate withdrawal of British forces . |
| 3 | The manifesto condemned the invasion of Kuwait and called for the immediate withdrawal of Iraqi forces . |
| 4 | Significantly , however , the PAC , which had consistently called for the immediate transfer of power from the white minority , agreed to negotiations with the de Klerk regime . |
| 5 | Alongside resolutions on Russia and Peace , the Convention called for the immediate restoration of civil liberties , and for the establishment of all-inclusive local committees to carry forward the agitation — provocatively named Workers ' and Soldiers , Councils . |
| 6 | The extraordinary NATO Foreign Ministers ' meeting in Brussels on Aug. 21 , overtaken by events as the coup collapsed [ see below ] , called for the immediate restoration of Gorbachev and stated support for " the democratically elected leaders " , mentioning Yeltsin by name . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The resolution passed by the executive called for the immediate expulsion of illegal Bangladeshi Muslims . |
| 9 | The meeting called for the immediate demobilisation of the contras and urged that funds approved for the Nicaraguan rebels be channelled through a commission they had established earlier . |
| 10 | Although the largest of the 11 suits called for the immediate repayment of $1,200 million , bankers were reported on March 13 to be viewing the move as a defensive and not as a provocative act . |
| 11 | On Nov. 20 opposition groups issued a joint statement calling for the immediate resignation of Ershad and fair and free elections within three months and announcing a general strike on Nov. 26 . |
| 12 | The campaign , run by a Sussex antique dealer , Andrew Fenton , and a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , is supporting the mother — known only as Mrs W for legal reasons — in calling for the immediate return of all seven children . |
| 13 | Calling for the immediate withdrawal of the " invasion forces " , the resolution demanded respect for the Torrijos-Carter Panama Canal treaties and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Panama . |
| 14 | On Warsaw Pact membership , Antall 's statement provided some response to the challenge of the Free Democrats , who had tabled an emergency resolution earlier in the month calling for the immediate withdrawal of Hungarian forces from the alliance 's joint command . |
| 15 | Gorbachev on March 30 issued an appeal to the Lithuanian Supreme Council calling for the immediate repeal of its " illegal acts " , which would " open up the possibility of discussing the whole package of problems which have arisen " . |
| 16 | It is hardly surprising that health authorities and hospital managers were calling for the immediate introduction of capitation funding for fundholders as a means of stemming losses from their budgets . |
| 17 | On April 26 the central executive committee of the Nepali Congress met and adopted a resolution calling for the immediate dissolution of the district and local non-party panchayats , and for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy and elections within a year . |
| 18 | It would be surprising , Mr. Beloff submitted , if Parliament had given the Bank of England the right to issue notices calling for the immediate production of documents which ipso facto overrode court orders , and constitutionally anomalous to allow an executive order to override a judicial order , since it would deny the court an opportunity to balance competing interests ; the court should be slow to conclude that it was excluded from this arena . |
| 19 | The deportees ' spokesman , Abdul Aziz al-Rantisi , said the UN statement was an attempt to bypass Security Council resolution 799 , which called for the immediate return of all the deportees . |
| 20 | She also called for the immediate release of the Birmingham Six and other framed Irish prisoners . |
| 21 | The Forum statement , reported by Tirana radio home service , also called for the immediate release of an estimated 107 political prisoners still in detention . |
| 22 | With the passion of a self-proclaimed ‘ radical ideologue ’ and revolutionary , Stockman called for the immediate liberation of American capitalism from the fetters of ‘ welfare statism ’ . |
| 23 | The report prompted opposition parties to call for the immediate resignation of the Finance Minister , Manmohan Singh , and the governor of the Reserve Bank . |