Example sentences of "calling for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six United Kingdom aid agencies issued an urgent appeal on Sept. 21 calling for the ceiling of Iraqi oil exports to be raised to US$2,500 million , claiming that the country 's food and medical situation was " near collapse " . |
| 2 | It was established in response to a resolution passed by the 1992 AGM calling for the Bar Council to investigate the position of women at the Bar . |
| 3 | Angry Pegasus resellers urged shareholders to call an emergency general meeting to examine the company 's management style , calling for the reinstatement of Hubbard-Ford . |
| 4 | The Sejm had passed a resolution on May 28 calling for the exposure by June 20 of former security service agents in positions of authority , but its early implementation was widely seen as an attempt by the government to retain power . |
| 5 | On June 13 , having heard speeches from both Walesa and ex-Prime Minister Olszewski , delegates adopted a resolution " expressing indignation at recent events in Poland and the role played by the President in them " and calling for the exposure of secret service agents . |
| 6 | Over a thousand students left their dormitories and protested outside the campus administrative building by putting up posters and calling for the resignation of key officials who had little understanding or sympathy with their plight . |
| 7 | He said staunch Tory newspapers were calling for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont — to follow that of David Mellor . |
| 8 | It is with regret that we join the chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Jocelyn Stevens as chairman of Britain 's architectural and archaeological conservation body , English Heritage : any man so free of mealy-mouthed PR awareness as to tell a bothersome journalist to ‘ go and pee out of the window ’ is a true blue . |
| 9 | On Nov. 3 , the 60th anniversary of Student Day , 15,000 students staged another violent demonstration in Seoul calling for the resignation of Roh and for the repeal of the National Security Act ( NSA ) . |
| 10 | An estimated 14 people were killed on March 7-8 when police fired on crowds demonstrating in Boputhatswana in favour of their homeland 's reintegration , and calling for the resignation of Mangope . |
| 11 | Among the non- ‘ independent " homelands , unrest was particularly serious in Gazankulu during February and March , with demonstrators calling for the resignation of the homeland 's Chief Minister , Hudson Ntsanwisi . |
| 12 | The murder of Foreign Minister Robert Ouko in February provoked large-scale protests by students claiming that the government was attempting to cover up the circumstances of his death and calling for the resignation of President Moi ; the government responded by banning demonstrations . |
| 13 | Opposition groups staged mass protests in Belgrade on consecutive days on March 9-12 , calling for the resignation of Serbian President Milosevic . |
| 14 | On May 13 a peaceful demonstration of students calling for the resignation of Ibrahim Babangida 's military regime degenerated into violence when police fired on the demonstrators with rubber bullets and live ammunition , killing at least seven people . |
| 15 | On May 6 thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Lomé calling for the resignation of President Gnassingbe Eyadema and Prime Minister Joseph Kokou Koffigoh , who , they claimed , were " accomplices " in the attack . |
| 16 | Rallies had been held repeatedly since March 26 in Dushanbe , the capital , organized by the opposition parties calling for the resignation of the Supreme Soviet Chair , Sarafali Kenjayev . |
| 17 | The situation was further confused by a split in the Abkhaz leadership along ethnic lines , with the leader of the Georgians in the Abkhaz parliament or Supreme Soviet , deputy chair Tamaz Nadareyshvili , calling for the resignation of the Supreme Soviet chair Vladislav Ardzinba . |
| 18 | The rebels then established themselves at a camp some 20 km from Moroni , calling for the resignation of Djohar and his Cabinet and of Capt. Azali Assoumani , commander of the FCD . |
| 19 | Rutskoi was reported by ITAR-TASS on Oct. 22 as calling for the resignation of six members of the government " to stabilize the political and economic situation in the republic " . |
| 20 | On Oct. 9 , demonstrators responded by calling for the resignation of Crimea 's authorities and cancellation of the new resolution . |
| 21 | An attempt to hold a referendum calling for the resignation of parliament and elections in December was defeated by parliament on Oct. 29 . |
| 22 | During this speech and in his resignation statement , Vagnorius criticized the Procurator 's Office , the Energy Ministry ( calling for the Minister , Leonas Asmantas , to resign ) and the Bank of Lithuania ( central bank ) . |
| 23 | NLD deputies convened in Yangon on July 28-29 , when a tough statement was issued attacking the " shameful " delay in the transfer of power , denouncing the military 's July 27 statement on the role of the People 's Assembly and calling for the release of Suu Kyi and other political prisoners . |
| 24 | On Oct. 23 , during a demonstration in Mogadishu calling for the release of political prisoners and protesting against high food prices , two civilians and one policeman were killed and 36 civilians wounded following violent clashes between protesters and police . |
| 25 | Ten newly elected legislative councillors of the liberal United Democrats of Hong Kong ( UDHK ) led a procession of 1,300 people on Sept. 29 calling for the release of political prisoners in China and commemorating the 1989 crackdown in Beijing on pro-democracy demonstrators . |
| 26 | The Irish in Britain Representation Group led a march from Whittington Park calling for the release of the Birmingham 6 and the Guildford 4 , who have been protesting their innocence for the past 14 years . |
| 27 | In January 1990 the Yugoslav federal presidency issued a proposal for a new constitution , along with an alternative proposal from Slovenia calling for the transformation of Yugoslavia into a confederation rather than a federal state . |
| 28 | Scientific , technical and clerical workers have signed a petition calling for the university to make it impossible for ‘ nuclear weapons-motivated research ’ involving SLAC to be carried out . |
| 29 | The demonstrators were calling for the resumption of the National Conference , suspended by the government in January , which had been set up by more than 130 political parties to review and undertake reform on Zaire 's one-party political system . |
| 30 | The exiled Leon Trotsky was calling for the overthrow of Stalin , then engaged in his most murderous of purges . |