Example sentences of "[noun] call [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 2 | The former Charlton Athletic manager has been linked with Spurs , with Peter Shreeves under pressure and fans calling for a new manager . |
| 3 | On 26 October the Chronicle called for a National Guard which would unite " the most respectable and efficient of the middle and labouring classes " . |
| 4 | Billy Graham like all such evangelists called for people from the congregation to make an immediate decision and to come out from the crowd ; and Ramsey wrote that the call for an immediate decision had danger because the mind could be stifled in the process and this could bring a later revenge in scepticism and indifference . |
| 5 | Velma called on Monday , erm , because I rang her up on Sunday to tell her what was happening , cos I mean she did n't know it , we signed our contract and erm I said to her well if we get a date this week , I said could , cos she 's going back to Wales tomorrow , she wo n't be back till after Easter |
| 6 | In June 1962 the NCCL had adopted a resolution from the Connolly Association calling for an inquiry into civil liberties in Northern Ireland ; the NICCL seems to have been set up in response and as its first action , in July , it held a meeting to prepare a memorandum on civil rights to present to Mr Justice Bose of the International Commission of jurists , who was visiting Belfast . |
| 7 | My reason for calling a sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ is not its resemblance in some respect to other sensations called by the same name , but its mere resemblance to them . |
| 8 | What I mean by calling a sensation ‘ a sensation of white ’ is its mere resemblance to other sensations called by the same name . |
| 9 | The implication of this passage is that the words ‘ sensation of white ’ denote the sensation , but connote its resemblance to other sensations called by the same name . |
| 10 | He got together with Clyde Walcott , a happy refereeing choice for three Tests in England this summer between England and Pakistan , and they ruled that the rule called for 90 overs to be bowled every day , and the allowance for wickets would only be taken into account for fining purposes when each side 's overall rate was calculated at the end of the game . |
| 11 | Through this mini trespass the RA are hoping to encourage hundreds of members to stage a mass trespass on the moor on September 29 , as part of Forbidden Britain Day — an annual event with nationwide protest walks calling for greater access to the countryside . |
| 12 | UNEP review calls for tighter Montreal Protocol |
| 13 | When , on 4 December , Suenens called for a complete redrafting of the schema on the Church , he was greeted with prolonged applause and backed by Montini . |
| 14 | In spite of two books calling for ‘ Educational Linguistics ’ ( Spolsky , 1978 : Stubbs , 1986 ) the case that will convince the profession at large has still to be made . |
| 15 | His imitations of other voices calls for a good sense of mimicry , and should bring the dreariness of his life into focus . |
| 16 | The CSCE accord called on " participating states concerned to conclude , without delay , appropriate bilateral agreements , including timetables , for the easy , orderly and complete withdrawal of such foreign troops from the territories of the Baltic States " [ see also p. 38926 ] . |
| 17 | One such car with four Frenchmen called at the Ponderosa . |
| 18 | Current regulations on safety are dismissed as ‘ woefully inadequate ’ and the association calls on drivers to boycott models if manufacturers fail to make safety a priority . |
| 19 | This association calls upon Council to make strong representations , including the use of the normal information retrieval procedures , to both the Advertising Standards Authority and the Office of Fair Trading to control more effectively the current advertising of and the availability of credit and to press for a tightening of existing guidelines and legislation covering advertising loans , credit cards and other financial services , in order to make the full implications clearer to the consumer ( for example , the nature of a secured loan ) . |
| 20 | Although the Minister 's Department has refused to countenance such a review in the past , I beg him to think again and announce today that the Government will undertake the urgent review called for by the NACAB and many hon. Members . |
| 21 | Boxer called over his shoulder , cracking his whip as they moved off . |
| 22 | Telegrams calling for a substitute teacher at very short notice in some far flung place were not unusual and had to receive prompt attention . |
| 23 | Godmanis survived by 71 to 36 a vote called by members of the Satversme faction ( comprising the Latvian Free Civic Conservative Party , the Latvian Rebirth Party , the Latvian Liberal Party and the Latvian Liberal Democratic Party ) , accusing him of authoritarianism , inconsistency and incompetence , citing the government 's poor economic performance , and calling for his resignation . |
| 24 | Over the next six months calls through AEA will be monitored to see if a measurable improvement in call handling is evident and to compare our performance with that of other major UK organisations . |
| 25 | Creed called at seven . |
| 26 | ‘ Though that is true only up to a point — last year after the dog fox was killed on the road the vixen called for three nights , the saddest sound I ever heard . ’ |
| 27 | Since the masked word could not be identified this semantic priming effect calls into question the usual explanations of masking ( Turvey , 1973 ) and suggests instead that a mask does not necessarily interrupt visual processing but prevents the appearance of a word " in consciousness . |
| 28 | National legal administration called for regional delegation . |
| 29 | Disarmament negotiations opened in 1983 in Geneva , and the Reagan Administration called for the withdrawal from Eastern Europe of the new range of Soviet SS20 missiles — the so-called " zero option " . |
| 30 | In addition , the administration called for changes in court rules to permit the use of illegally seized evidence , provided that the police had acted " in good faith " in seizing it . |