Example sentences of "[adv] called for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only called for eight at the most . |
| 2 | The newspapers described what went on , particularly the annual Presidential Addresses , which generally called for more scientific education , and were fully and widely reported . |
| 3 | They thus called for a managerial policy to facilitate promotion earlier in life , linked to flexible retirement wherever possible . |
| 4 | It thus called for the observance of a " day of solidarity with the brotherly Iraqi people " in support of a nationwide general strike on Jan. 28 . |
| 5 | General Westmoreland , the American commander in Vietnam , soon called for further reinforcements , claiming that peace was " just around the corner " . |
| 6 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 7 | THE National Front leader , Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen , yesterday called for the mass expulsion of coloured immigrants as the government announced emergency integration measures . |
| 8 | President Franois Mitterrand of France yesterday called for the deportation of illegal immigrants and for sanctions against their employers , but said he believed guest workers should have voting rights . |
| 9 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino yesterday called for tough sentences against coup leaders while the military launched a big manhunt to track down those still at large . |
| 10 | LITHUANIA 'S leader , Mr Algirdas Brazauskas , yesterday called for a united front to establish statehood at the opening of a crucial congress of the republic 's Communist Party . |
| 11 | A FISHERMAN yesterday called for a change in the law to allow anglers to dig for bait on the seashore . |
| 12 | MALCOLM CROSBY yesterday called for a halt to the head-hunting season at Sunderland . |
| 13 | HARD-UP nurses yesterday called for an 8.7 per cent rise — amid fears of pay curbs . |
| 14 | Former premier Baroness Thatcher yesterday called for Western powers to launch air strikes against military targets inside Serbia . |
| 15 | THE brother of Alison Manwaring yesterday called for a referendum on the death penalty after the killer of his sister and father was jailed for life . |
| 16 | LABOUR backbenchers yesterday called for two Cabinet ministers to explain how they allegedly spent £6,000 of taxpayers ' money on three urgent flights home from France , or repay the money . |
| 17 | POPE John Paul , on his first trip to the former Soviet Union , yesterday called for reconciliation in post-communist nations and said their people should not be divided into ‘ winners and losers ’ . |
| 18 | A VICAR yesterday called for mass action to stamp out crime on an estate where good neighbour Les Reed was kicked and beaten to death as he tackled vandals . |
| 19 | SCOTLAND 's two largest trade unions yesterday called for increased investment in public transport after a study which reaffirmed that Scotland has the lowest level of car ownership in Britain . |
| 20 | AGE CONCERN Scotland yesterday called for a public debate on methods of restraint applied to frail elderly people cared for in residential homes or by relatives . |
| 21 | One of the bodies which strongly challenged the costs — the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy ( CIPFA ) — yesterday called for a new study of the costings . |
| 22 | The Prince of Wales yesterday called for £1m aid for the victims of Saddam Hussein 's regime in south eastern Iraq and warned that half a million people were at risk of genocide . |
| 23 | President Assad visited Mubarak in Alexandria on Aug. 28 , after which both called for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal and a " restoration of legitimacy " in Kuwait . |
| 24 | Claiborne Pell , chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee , also called for a neutral government in Kabul to hold elections or seek a traditional Afghan consultative assembly . |
| 25 | Ms Willbourne also called for the civil courts to be given new powers to exclude an abuser from the home instead of the child . |
| 26 | Mr Mackeson-Sandbach also called for the board to be strengthened , a demand subsequently reinforced by one of Sir Basil 's sons , Mr Adrian de Ferranti . |
| 27 | She also called for the immediate release of the Birmingham Six and other framed Irish prisoners . |
| 28 | The Abbey National Building Society also called for stricter controls , especially in the form of new compulsory inspections on building sites to avoid risk of fire and condensation . |
| 29 | At Basle , environmentalists also called for stricter regulations on facilities for disposal of toxic waste in importing countries . |
| 30 | The Committee not only recommended statutory provision making all surrogacy agreements illegal and therefore unenforceable in the courts , but also called for the introduction of legislation rendering it a criminal act for any person to assist in the establishment of a surrogate pregnancy . |