Example sentences of "they called on the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They called on the unwell clergyman Mr Riddoch , and again finding the conversation wanting — the poor man was unable to tell Johnson how much a university education cost at Aberdeen — the couple resisted all invitations to supper . |
| 2 | They called on the newly-formed British Horseracing Board to ‘ demonstrate its own independence ’ by carrying out its own inquiry ‘ on more egalitarian lines ’ . |
| 3 | They called on the newly-formed British Horseracing Board to demonstrate its independence by carrying out its own inquiry . |
| 4 | The group had held a press conference two days earlier at which they called on the Fourth Communist Party Congress ( Cuarto Congreso del Partido Comunista ) to instigate radical political reforms and also attempted to distribute a statement to this effect to Congress delegates . |
| 5 | They called on the Indian government to draft a population resettlement plan and to apply stricter environmental standards . |