Example sentences of "[prep] call for [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Government , employers , trade unionists and educationalists are virtually unanimous in calling for the inclusion of these fundamental skills in all training and education . |
| 32 | The Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet has joined Greenpeace in calling for the project to be halted . |
| 33 | But they refuse to follow the flock in calling for the return of the death penalty and reject the idea that the killers on the street , the people with the knives , are inherently evil . |
| 34 | The campaign , run by a Sussex antique dealer , Andrew Fenton , and a St Andrews doctor , David Reid , is supporting the mother — known only as Mrs W for legal reasons — in calling for the immediate return of all seven children . |
| 35 | What the report should try to do is to appear to offer an improvement in existing facilities and support to teachers and pupils without calling for a dramatic reorganization of timetables , syllabi or teaching methods . |
| 36 | Now he has switched to calling for a vote for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 37 | While everyone waited irritatedly behind her , Phyllis insisted on calling for the supervisor . |
| 38 | Pressure to move to a policy of electoral reform is certain to grow , and the Left is expected to line up behind Mr Gould by calling for a radical rethink of economic policy . |
| 39 | The Bosnian deputies have given themselves a let-out by calling for a referendum on the peace plan on May 15th and 16th . |
| 40 | In fact , in 1945 , foreign secretary Ernest Bevin was interested in economic , military and political ties to Western Europe , took a keen interest in proposals for a customs union during 1946–8 and encouraged European co-operation in January 1948 by calling for a ‘ Western Union ’ through which Europe , backed by America and the Empire-Commonwealth , would match the Soviet Union . |
| 41 | Soviet spokesmen sought credit from the non-aligned states by attacking Western efforts to turn Cyprus into a NATO military base and by calling for a withdrawal of all foreign forces from the island . |
| 42 | Iraq , meanwhile , attempted to take advantage of the presence of US troops in Saudi Arabia by calling for a holy war , or Jihad , against King Fahd in order to protect the two holy cities of Mecca and Medina from " infidel " ( non-Moslem ) forces . |
| 43 | The conference ended on a note of renewed militancy by calling for a " mass action " campaign in 1991 in favour of an interim government , a constituent assembly and the abolition of the tricameral Parliament ( which had separate chambers for whites , coloureds and Indians , and none for blacks ) . |
| 44 | Achille Occhetto , PCI general secretary , had opened the congress with a speech on Jan. 31 designed to conciliate the left wing by calling for a unilateral ceasefire in the Gulf and the withdrawal of Italian naval and air force contingents from the anti-Iraq coalition . |
| 45 | In May 1991 Lafleur , leader of the RPCR and president of the South province , threw his support behind the idea by calling for a " consensual solution " to the future status of the territory to be adopted prior to 1998 . |
| 46 | The letter started by saying that ‘ permission can not be given ’ but finished by calling for a site meeting ( a most peculiar letter really ) . |
| 47 | Lothian and Borders Police should begin by calling for a weapons amnesty similar to that underway in Strathclyde . |
| 48 | President Richard von Weizsaecker , also from the CDU , launched the latest discussion last Christmas by calling for a looser law that could include dual citizenship . |
| 49 | Last month , Mr Rocard caused a great frisson of excitement to run through the deeply-dejected Socialist ranks by calling for a political ‘ big bang ’ to allow the creation of a new centre left movement consisting of progressive-minded Communists , Ecologists , Centrists and what remained of the Socialists . |
| 50 | Tory rebels believe they have found a legal way of spoking the wheels of the bill 's passage by calling for a judicial review of the constitutional implications of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill , which today enters its 18th day in the Commons . |
| 51 | Already Teresa Gorman MP has supported TODAY 's campaign by calling for an automatic life sentence for rape . |
| 52 | In 1621 he showed that he could rise above class interests by calling for an abatement of rents during the depression and the exemption of the poor from taxation . |
| 53 | Trade union leader Bakary Karambo and lawyer and leading human rights activist Demba Diallo , responded by calling for an immediate , indefinite general strike until the UDPN gave up power . |
| 54 | The Hungarian government responded by calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) , and announcing its intention to submit a complaint to the International Court of Justice . |
| 55 | Environmental campaigners led by Greenpeace responded by calling for an immediate ban on the production of ozone-depleting chemicals , notably chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 56 | The Hungarians reacted by calling for an emergency meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe ( CSCE ) and submitting its case to the International Court of Justice . |
| 57 | WASPS come to attention in the league tomorrow by calling for the old guard in an effort to repulse Gloucester 's rugged raiders at Sudbury . |
| 58 | THE five presidents of Central America kept the beleaguered regional peace process alive yesterday with an agreement that bolstered the governments of Nicaragua and El Salvador by calling for the demobilisation of rebel forces in both countries . |
| 59 | Amer Midani , United 's second largest shareholder , had apparently annoyed Edwards last weekend by calling for the public flotation of the shares . |
| 60 | Although Egypt offered its full support to Iraq , it still managed to assert its role as a regional moderator and as the main link between the Arab states , Israel and the West ; thus , during a visit to Baghdad on April 7 , Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak widened the debate by calling for the mass elimination of all weapons of mass destruction . |