Example sentences of "of [noun prp] call [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the eve of the start of the plenum various radical pro-reform groups organized a huge demonstration in the centre of Moscow to call for an end to the communist monopoly , for the removal of conservatives from the CPSU leadership , and for an end to privileges for the nomenklatura ( party functionaries ) . |
| 2 | When Robert II of Flanders called at St Thierry with his sister , widow of Cnut IV of Denmark , the abbot Rudolph cleansed the whole building , hung it with rich hangings and tapestries , filled it with carvings , sculptures , and other precious objects , to turn his simple Benedictine house into a suitable environment for the reception of so magnificent a prince . |
| 3 | — Brenda Binge of Burnley calling for a ban on acid house parties ‘ I went to Oxford University , but I 've never let it hold me back . ’ |
| 4 | The Governor of the Bank of England called for a slow-down on 22 October 1991 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | After marriage it was the turn of ‘ culture ’ ( the Bishop of Strasbourg called for the rehabilitation of Galileo ) and of economics . |
| 7 | On Jan. 22 , however , a group of exiled Saudi ulema based in the Iranian city of Qom called on all countries in the region to " rise up " and " uproot the USA " . |
| 8 | President Alan Gacia of Peru called for a planned summit on February 15 with President Bush to discuss drugs to be ‘ deferred ’ because of the invasion . |
| 9 | Bill Wood of Durham called about it , desisted from hurling it in this direction and merely gave the fascinating information that it has been about for 1,500 years and started off in Anglo Saxon as sacleas , meaning ‘ without strife ’ . |
| 10 | On Aug. 20 , King Hassan of Morocco called on the UN to delay the referendum by four months ; Morocco was disputing the UN 's " consolidated list " of approximately 74,000 Sahrawis deemed entitled to vote , and was objecting to Manz 's rejection of a Moroccan list of some 120,000 people it claimed were refugees from the territory entitled to vote . |
| 11 | The Council of Europe called for sanctions against Serbia on Nov. 5 , and on Nov. 25 suspended Yugoslavia 's special status at the European parliament . |
| 12 | Last month members of the national parliaments of the 21 nations belonging to the Council of Europe called on ministers to look again at setting up a international agency . |
| 13 | The 21-nation Council of Europe called on 26 April for a thorough examination of waste transport rules , and plans a special meeting on the subject next January . |
| 14 | On Sept. 17 President Babangida of Nigeria called for the imposition of sanctions against Liberian parties which had failed to comply with the Yamoussoukro lV peace agreement [ see p. 38993 ] . |
| 15 | In 1867 a report of a committee of the Harveian Medical Society of London called for the expansion of the 1866 legislation to London and other large towns . |
| 16 | To restrain partisan appointments , the great Council of Nicaea called by Constantine in 325 invested the bishop of the metropolis of the civil province with a veto . |
| 17 | For one freshly boiled , medium large ( about 1 ½ lb. ) hen lobster or langouste ( if you are boiling the creature at home , you can always add the large goblet of Madeira called for in the original recipe ) , the ingredients for the sauce are 2 small shallots , a heaped teaspoon of tarragon leaves , 2 tablespoons of chopped parsley , salt , pepper , a scant teaspoon of strong yellow French mustard , 24 to 30 drops of soy sauce , approximately 6 tablespoons of mildly fruity Provence olive oil , the juice of half a rather small lemon , 1 teaspoon of anisette de Bordeaux . |