Example sentences of "had called for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chair of the Campaign for Democracy , Beko Ransome-Kuti , who had called for a campaign of civil disobedience in the New Year if Babangida did not leave office , was arrested on Dec. 31 and detained for a number of days . |
| 2 | In July the authorities arrested two leading opponents of the government , Charles Rubia and Kenneth Matiba , who had called for a referendum on the future of one-party rule ; in subsequent protest riots 20 people died [ see p. 37603 ] . |
| 3 | The Kazakh-brokered agreement had called for a ceasefire along the border between the two former Soviet republics . |
| 4 | When the man had had his face washed ( by stella ) and been given a drink , and one of the barmen had called for a taxi , Mother got right up and got on the stage and told Gary she was ready for her song now . |
| 5 | The British actors ' union Equity had called for a halt to Australian TV actors appearing in British pantomimes . |
| 6 | The party conference , for instance , had called for a series of constitutional changes , particularly in the USSR Supreme Soviet 's Council of Nationalities . |
| 7 | When the CMSN decided on June 10 , 1991 , to put a new draft constitution to a referendum , the FLAM had called for a boycott of the referendum ; other opposition groups , including the National Democratic Movement , had expressed reservations . |
| 8 | It was reported on Sept. 3 that the Albanian Popular League party had held its first assembly and that its secretary-general , Xhemal Borova , had called for a reorganization . |
| 9 | Deputies to the session elected a 14-person presidium , including Col. Viktor Alksnis , Gen. Albert Makashov and historian Roy Medvedev , and led by Sazhi Umalatova , who at the December 1990 Congress had called for a vote of no confidence in Gorbachev [ see p. 37903 ] . |
| 10 | In February , a group of deputies , led by Marko Voljc , who was said to be a candidate for a post in the new government , had called for a no confidence vote against the government . |
| 11 | The intensified fighting at the end of April was apparently due to a report disseminated by Tanjug news agency on April 29 that the Bosnian leadership had called for a blockade of JNA forces in Bosnia-Hercegovina , and that Moslem forces had virtually declared war on the JNA . |
| 12 | In the late 1960s , Ceauşescu himself had called for a strengthening of the traditional family , but when that failed to have the desired effect of boosting the birth-rate , the regime reversed its direction from promoting old-fashioned morality as a stimulus to conception . |