Example sentences of "[noun] called on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Velma called on Monday , erm , because I rang her up on Sunday to tell her what was happening , cos I mean she did n't know it , we signed our contract and erm I said to her well if we get a date this week , I said could , cos she 's going back to Wales tomorrow , she wo n't be back till after Easter |
| 2 | The CSCE accord called on " participating states concerned to conclude , without delay , appropriate bilateral agreements , including timetables , for the easy , orderly and complete withdrawal of such foreign troops from the territories of the Baltic States " [ see also p. 38926 ] . |
| 3 | Wing John Timu was one of the four All Blacks in the Otago XV , North Harbour called on another six , as did Waikato , who had already upset Otago 47–13 , while North Auckland has as their captain Ian Jones , New Zealand 's most recent All Black of the Year . |
| 4 | Also at the United Nations , the President called on the Soviet Union to reduce its stocks immediately to 20 per cent of the current US arsenal , which is unofficial estimated to be 30,000 tons . |
| 5 | On Nov. 12 , URD-PCT supporters had erected barricades in central Brazzaville , blocking the capital 's two main avenues , as the two parties called on Lissouba to accept the government 's resignation and to appoint a new prime minister from the parliamentary majority ( the URD-PCT alliance ) . |
| 6 | The Tamils called on Premadasa to ensure that food and medical supplies were getting through to Tamil citizens in the North-East Province . |
| 7 | IN THE ancient fable the frogs called on the gods to give them a king . |
| 8 | On his way home from Asia Minor Stephen Lazarević called on the Byzantine emperor , Manuel II Paleologus , who conferred on the Serbian leader the title of despot . |
| 9 | Law called on Baldwin with the news . |
| 10 | Doctor the medical expert called on behalf of the defendant , had discussed the question of future care in a visit he made to the plaintiff 's hou home in July this year . |
| 11 | In a hard-hitting statement at the end of a recent workshop on ‘ Communication and Prophecy ’ , held in Harare , Zimbabwe , women from nine African countries called on the Church in Africa to ‘ re-examine its leadership structures and strategies that have made it vulnerable to manipulation by government ’ . |
| 12 | In a statement issued on Sept. 22 the Group of 24 ( G-24 ) developing countries called on the international community to recognize the scale of the problems posed by the Gulf crisis . |
| 13 | The Committee called on industry , commerce , the education services , religious and statutory bodies , and voluntary organizations to aid it in its task . |
| 14 | The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives judiciary committee called on July 10 for the appointment of a special prosecutor ( independent counsel ) to investigate the possibility that senior members of the Bush administration had contravened the law in providing military assistance to Iraq in the period prior to its invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 , and had then sought to conceal the evidence through a cover-up . |
| 15 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |
| 16 | The opposition CDS called on Alfonso Guerra , a close friend of the Prime Minister Felipe González , to accept " political responsibility " for the affair and resign . |
| 17 | On the Middle East , the Council called on Israel to respect Palestinian rights , noting that the recent " tragic events " in Jerusalem [ see p. 37760 ] showed once again that the status quo in the occupied territories was unsustainable . |
| 18 | In a recent large UK search the company in question called on five of the major search firms , and invited them all in to make a competitive pitch to decide who was going to be successful at finding them a group chief executive . |
| 19 | A senior fireman called on ‘ people in high places ’ to knock the street down after crews attended six blazes last weekend , probably started by vandals . |
| 20 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 21 | Hurtado called on the re-contras to surrender their weapons to an OAS committee . |
| 22 | The military called on all citizens ‘ to share our concern for securing peace and to support our efforts for this . |
| 23 | The military called on all citizens ‘ to share our concern for securing peace and to support our efforts for this . |
| 24 | The military called on all citizens ‘ to share our concern for securing peace and to support our efforts for this . |
| 25 | In the end a meaningless compromise was made , and the Conference called on all good men to come together to resist socialism , but also insisted that the Unionist party should not sacrifice any of its independence in the process . |
| 26 | It was significant that during a press conference called on 18 May 1960 Khrushchev not only denounced Eisenhower but also asserted the importance of the Cuban revolution , which had suddenly become the subject of enthusiastic and laudatory articles in the Soviet press . |
| 27 | The conference called on all parties to resume negotiations ; however , it was boycotted by the right-wing opposition Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) . |
| 28 | Payments due in 1990 and up to March 1991 were rescheduled over 14 years with an eight-year grace period , and the Paris Club governments called on commercial banks to make an equally exceptional response to Poland 's needs , as well as to keep closely under review the country 's likely rescheduling needs for the period after March 1991 . |
| 29 | Amnesty called on the government to translate into reality its constitutional obligations to protect human rights . |
| 30 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |