Example sentences of "and call [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Government yesterday brushed aside growing pressure from business and higher education for radical reform of Alevels and called instead for greater use of contrasting A and ASlevels to provide breadth in sixth-form studies . |
| 2 | A communiqué issued on June 3 described existing measures to reduce Third-World debt as inadequate , and called instead for a " positive approach , and not punitive measures , to the problems of arrears with multilateral financial institutions " . |
| 3 | The ANC for its part responded that it regarded the South African Defence Force ( SADF ) as the private army of the NP and called instead for the integration of MK and the SADF into a new national army . |
| 4 | Left-wing parties were highly critical of the proposals , and called instead for increases in public spending to reduce unemployment , which was expected to remain at around 10 per cent . |
| 5 | The SPD , whose leader Björn Engholm had offered to co-operate with the government on " specific issues " , countered Kohl 's proposal by insisting that a clear strategy and firm proposals were necessary before such talks could be worthwhile , and called notably for an extension of the temporary 7.5 per cent surcharge on income tax [ see p. 38109 ; pp. 38297-98 ] . |
| 6 | When I came for refreshments , I rushed through down the stairs and back again , walked into the bridewell , and called out for my refreshments . |
| 7 | The pool had just been cleaned and called out for swimmers . |
| 8 | The crowd really get off on the Kitchens ' distinctly '80s sound , whooping like only Americans can , and calling out for all the correct songs — and then it dawns on you . |
| 9 | His wet , cold body was aching and calling out for a hot meal and warm bed . |
| 10 | When I mentioned this to my father he said he had to drive up that way and would take me in the car and call back for me within a couple of hours . |
| 11 | Oh er of course they erm , they did n't believe in married women working and er they thought a married woman should be at home you see , well I had n't got any family then you see , until er after oh we 'd been married a number of years when we had , when I had my first baby and er and then I had the other one pretty quickly and er then I was glad to go out to work again when they were school age , they were n't left unattended at all er one , the elder one looked after the one , we did n't live , we lived in then but erm there was n't any pressure for me to stay at home , it was with my husband 's consent , because he knew it was helping out because rent man 's wages were n't very good then , and erm he er he finished , he finished at the pits you see and he got a job rent collecting , and he er he used to do miles he 'd cycle part of the way and then er he 'd perhaps leave his cycle somewhere and call back for it , but he used to do all the and all round there , there 's a place called and then er a lot of places er he used to do the old , is this , is this on , erm he used to do round , round the top there there were some slums there . |
| 12 | She heard her father come into the house and call out for her , and she called back that she would be down in a moment , as soon as she was dressed . |