Example sentences of "[vb pp] calling for " in BNC.

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1 To ensure formal consideration on a future agenda , a recommendation by Mexico was adopted calling for exclusive allocations for both amateur and broadcasting services around 7MHz which , it is hoped , could eventually result in a common worldwide amateur 40m band .
2 On May 15 a bill was adopted calling for talks between Hungary and neighbouring countries on the fate and protection of Magyar minorities .
3 To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received calling for the introduction of internment without trial ; and if he will make a statement .
4 When that number was over people started calling for order so that Mrs Buckley could do one of her songs .
5 In September 1990 a Japanese delegation visited North Korea [ see pp. 37714 ] The visit was a success , a communiqué was signed calling for negotiations aimed at the restoration of diplomatic relations , and two Japanese seamen detained in the North since 1983 were released in October [ see p. 37779 ] .
6 In Stuttgart in 1983 the so-called Stuttgart Mandate was issued calling for a brake upon agricultural expenditure .
7 At the Consumer Congress conference held in July 1988 a resolution was passed calling for a Transport ( Scotland ) Bill732 , an enforceable code of good practice for the operation and provision of public transport .
8 In his speech on May 25 Arafat put forward a five-point plan proposing that : ( i ) an emergency UN military force be sent to the occupied territories to protect Palestinian civilians ; ( ii ) a special UN envoy be appointed to deal with the Palestinian issue ; ( iii ) a UN resolution be passed calling for end to Jewish settlement in the territories ; ( iv ) UN members adopt sanctions against Israel ; and ( v ) the five permanent members of the Security Council convene to prepare for an international conference on the Middle East .
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