Example sentences of "[was/were] calling for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The answer is that the stock market and press were calling for a demonstration of support by Cook some time ago . ’
2 He said staunch Tory newspapers were calling for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont — to follow that of David Mellor .
3 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 .
4 The students were calling for the restoration of school buildings damaged during the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala and a subsequent tremor in May 1988 .
5 They were calling for the right to hold free festivals and raves like the week long event at Castlemorton Common at the end of May .
6 Reports claimed that demonstrators in the south were calling for the establishment of an Islamic government in Iraq headed by Hakim .
7 By January 1990 the FDP was calling for a reduction to 350,000 personnel and a reduction in conscription to 12 months .
8 She said the campaign was calling for a halt to the trend towards privatisation , and more funding to prevent cuts in services .
9 Snegur favoured a gradual approach , but part of the Popular Front , demanding immediate action , was calling for a boycott of the presidential elections .
10 He was calling for a sherry .
11 The exiled Leon Trotsky was calling for the overthrow of Stalin , then engaged in his most murderous of purges .
12 The Party had supported Labour candidates and was calling for the return of a Labour Government .
13 In Britain , by the 1890s the TUC was calling for the nationalization of the ‘ whole of the means of production , distribution and exchange ’ ( Weiner 1960 : 4 ) .
14 A curfew was imposed in Cabinda on Nov. 12 after at least nine deaths in clashes between government forces and supporters of the Front for the Liberation of the Cabinda Enclave ( FLEC ) , which was calling for the independence of the region .
15 In the office beyond the grille , Mr Saleb was calling for the book .
16 Minutes later Ross was calling for the manageress of the designer-wear department — and imperiously stating his requirements .
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