Example sentences of "calling for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet spokesmen sought credit from the non-aligned states by attacking Western efforts to turn Cyprus into a NATO military base and by calling for a withdrawal of all foreign forces from the island . |
| 2 | By January 1990 the FDP was calling for a reduction to 350,000 personnel and a reduction in conscription to 12 months . |
| 3 | In the early 1980s fear of increasing medical unemployment led the BMA 's representative body to pass several motions calling for a reduction in medical schools ' intake . |
| 4 | In late February , 49 deputies in the National Assembly — mainly but not exclusively drawn from the Social Democratic Populists ( SHP ) and the People 's Labour Party ( HEP ) — published a document calling for a ceasefire in the Kurdish areas of eastern Turkey , for the lifting of the state of emergency and for the bringing to account of those responsible for torture and assassinations . |
| 5 | Calling for a pot of beer . |
| 6 | They said that Chen Zeming 's parents had previously written to the Supreme Court calling for a retrial of the two men and questioning the independence of the courts . |
| 7 | Despite this , Federated Farmers , the farmers ' lobbying group , is not calling for a return to subsidies . |
| 8 | It was such fears that Salisbury set out to quieten , using his People 's Union for Economy to widen the diehards " appeal , and calling for a return to the classless tradition of Conservatism . |
| 9 | But he did n't like what he found — a student movement , influenced to some extent by the events in Europe , but calling for a return to the past in the shape of Juan Peron . |
| 10 | After calling for a return to work they organised a series of campaigns , about censorship , the campaign for the eight hour working day . |
| 11 | The Bosnian deputies have given themselves a let-out by calling for a referendum on the peace plan on May 15th and 16th . |
| 12 | The more radical nationalist Catalan Republican Left ( ERC ) , led by Angel Colom , won 11 seats with 8 per cent ( six and 4.1 per cent in 1988 ) , on a platform calling for a referendum on independence for Catalonia and the other autonomous regions . |
| 13 | Opposition leaders hailed the visit , calling for a referendum on the restoration of the constitutional monarchy . |
| 14 | ‘ Thank you , Rosie , ’ Nanny said to her subordinate , before calling for a way through the throng of servants who had gathered to see hounds move off . |
| 15 | The idea of citizenship itself had a special status during the late Victorian and Edwardian periods as politicians , philosophers , educationalists , and social scientists were continually calling for a revival of the concept , by which they had in mind a form of social organization stressing harmony , duty , service , self-realization , rationality , and morally good behaviour . |
| 16 | Aviation enthusiasts are calling for a memorial to be built on a hillside where a wartime pilot crashed . |
| 17 | An 1896 commission by the Department of the Interior joined the National Academy of Sciences in calling for a doubling of these reserves , a proposal vigorously resisted by the timber industry . |
| 18 | The number of " doves " ( those calling for a settlement of the war ) continued to rise . |
| 19 | For Labour , accommodation to the changing mood meant adopting the essentially green idea of assessing the environmental costs of growth and working them into the balance sheets ( which the Tories are also adopting ) , but it did not mean following the Greens in calling for a halt to growth . |
| 20 | Strong and prescient words , yet Marsh was not calling for a halt to all human interference . |
| 21 | She said the campaign was calling for a halt to the trend towards privatisation , and more funding to prevent cuts in services . |
| 22 | Both groups are calling for a halt to the planning application until a full hydrological survey has been carried out to check the pond would be safe . |
| 23 | ORKNEY Harbours Authority is calling for a helicopter to be based on the islands for rescue work and pollution control , following the Braer oil tanker disaster in Shetland . |
| 24 | Turkish maritime experts are warning of the dangers of an increase in oil and gas traffic through the crowded Bosphorus and are calling for a revision of the 1963 Montreux Convention , which guarantees freedom of navigation through the waterway . |
| 25 | The amnesia , it seems , was not a matter of political persuasion — politicians on the left and right are now calling for a re-examination of the period — but the reflex of a generation . |
| 26 | Babcock felt MacArthur would probably approve a treaty clause calling for a re-examination of Japan 's security situation five or ten years after signature of the treaty . |
| 27 | There will be two alternative clauses - one calling for a ban on research and one for research to be allowed up to 14 days . |
| 28 | — Brenda Binge of Burnley calling for a ban on acid house parties ‘ I went to Oxford University , but I 've never let it hold me back . ’ |
| 29 | A resolution calling for a ban on TBT in anti-fouling paints was agreed by the International Maritime Organisation 's environment protection committee . |
| 30 | Indonesia and Malaysia have responded belligerently to the European parliament 's resolution calling for a ban on imports of tropical hardwoods . |