Example sentences of "be a call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | THERE has been a call for pensions and benefits to be increased significantly to offset the effects of levying VAT on fuel . |
| 2 | There has been a call for priests around the world to declare their liaisons on Pentecost Sunday tomorrow marking the day the Holy Spirit enlightened the Church . |
| 3 | There will also be a call for a change in the rules to make sure this sort of secret payment is covered by the rules next time . |
| 4 | In an editorial in the August issue of its inhouse magazine , Taxation Practitioner , president Jennifer Ainsworth wrote that there should be a call for the faculty to withdraw its proposals . |
| 5 | A Western specialist concluded that Brezhnev 's 1980 proposals ‘ were a call for America to abandon the region , leaving the Soviet Union victorious in the field ’ . |
| 6 | We 're on the dear old elevated section of the M4 where lorries are so apt to break down when there 's a call for McDunn ; he takes the handset , listens and sucks his teeth for a bit , then says , ‘ Thank you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ There 's a call for you , sir . |
| 8 | The old bloke at reception comes out and says there 's a call for Claire Parsons . |
| 9 | They like to do it a bit but they really ca n't sustain it because ultimately there 's a , there 's a call for action , a demand for action . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's a call for you , Miss Fergusson . |
| 11 | ‘ Sorry to intrude , but there 's a call for you . |
| 12 | No harm in that : pedestrian documentation is what there is a call for — Pound himself , and his admirers emulating him , have been so sprightly for so long that they have persuaded people they , and he , can not be in earnest . |
| 13 | When dogs bark , it is a call for assistance , calling up the pack if you like . |
| 14 | This is a call for an accurate self-appraisal , which in turn gives the opportunity to practise a very well-known management technique — capitalise on your strengths and staff to your weaknesses . |
| 15 | The general outcome of the Leonard Arthur case was a call for clarification of some of the issues involved . |
| 16 | Harding 's election appeal was a call for " normalcy " : " America 's present need is not heroics , but healings ; not nostrums but normalcy " . |
| 17 | Three days later , Richard came along to Grace early in the morning , and told her that there was a call for her . |
| 18 | A major feature of Suharto 's budget speech was a call for private companies to offer up to 25 per cent of their shares to workers ' co-operatives , and to facilitate this by providing soft loans . |
| 19 | Central to the committee 's 50 recommendations was a call for a national forestry strategy , to assess what types of forests were required , and how best to manage existing woodland . |
| 20 | It was a call for help from a man claiming to have committed serious , awful crimes . |
| 21 | if there was a call for it round here . |
| 22 | Oh there was a call for her . |