Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] called for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its programme called for tax cuts , reduced immigration , and the abolition of traffic wardens and was not taken seriously by many observers , although it went on to win parliamentary representation in the September 1991 general election [ see p. 38444 ] . |
| 2 | Its leaders called for a postponement of the multiparty elections scheduled for Feb. 10 , 1991 , on the grounds that they would not have sufficient time to organize a campaign , but this demand was immediately rejected by the government . |
| 3 | When the great day came her friends called for her . |
| 4 | She liked him still but felt that the familiarity of his uninvited arm about her shoulder called for backing-away tactics . |
| 5 | His enemies called for peace but he brought them death . |
| 6 | His proposal called for a total of $7,900 million to be spent on increased law enforcement , more prisons , border patrols , education programmes , treatment programmes , and aid to foreign countries . |
| 7 | Mr Murray set about to counteract any ill feeling towards government radio policies by arranging a nation-wide tour of all ‘ trouble spots ’ , and his schedule called for a visit to Moose Jaw during the second week of February , 1936 . |
| 8 | Every day the diary had to be filled ; an important day-to-day record of garden affairs was imperative for his writing and current Work for his publishers called for continued attention , because throughout his long life editions of the Dictionary and the Abridgement needed revision and extension . |