Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [was/were] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lovins dismissed the development of nuclear power as the primary source of energy for industrial growth in the developing world , by estimating that in order to generate the level of energy pro-nuclear scientists were calling for , a new plant would have to come on stream every eleven hours throughout 54 years of actual construction , a financial impossibility . |
| 2 | It was the special contribution of the ILEA , and in particular of the advisory team headed by Mr Leslie Ryder , that it considered what types of ancillary personnel were called for by the new methods , and their training and enter.relationships . |
| 3 | He said staunch Tory newspapers were calling for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont — to follow that of David Mellor . |
| 4 | Peter 's first thoughts were to call for a vicar to make an honest couple out of them , but after a lengthy investigation he suggested the family consult a veterinary surgeon . |
| 5 | The same forces were calling for freedom and democracy . |
| 6 | In line with all the structural changes , some very fundamental behavioural changes were called for . |
| 7 | ( This Management team of four ( bondholders ) survived until November 1921 when at the Annual General Meeting that year the President , Lord Rathcreedan , announced that ‘ The provision for Club members on the Committee had been overlooked ’ and two nominations were called for ) . |
| 8 | Drastic measures were called for when Scarlett the Borzoi disappeared from her home at Orston , Nottinghamshire . |
| 9 | Sir Robin Day , realising that drastic measures were called for , started to make funny faces . |
| 10 | Drastic measures were called for . |