Example sentences of "called for " in BNC.
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| 31 | It called for the repeal of legislation ‘ which leads to the victimisation of the poor ’ . |
| 32 | Mr Gorbachev first called for a Helsinki 2 summit next year in Rome last week . |
| 33 | Meanwhile , East Germans , outraged by disclosures of corruption among their former Communist leaders , continued their drive to uncover the scale of offences while the government called for a ‘ security partnership ’ between the people and state institutions to expose the extent of abuse . |
| 34 | Mr Gorbachev first called for a Helsinki 2 summit next year in Rome last week . |
| 35 | President Franois Mitterrand of France yesterday called for the deportation of illegal immigrants and for sanctions against their employers , but said he believed guest workers should have voting rights . |
| 36 | PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino yesterday called for tough sentences against coup leaders while the military launched a big manhunt to track down those still at large . |
| 37 | The district general hospital in Barnsley , south Yorkshire called for such volunteers when 100 staff went sick . |
| 38 | LITHUANIA 'S leader , Mr Algirdas Brazauskas , yesterday called for a united front to establish statehood at the opening of a crucial congress of the republic 's Communist Party . |
| 39 | Lord Lane called for centralised control of advocates ' conduct , enforced by the judges . |
| 40 | He called for international reconstruction of Vietnam 's economy . |
| 41 | He called for international reconstruction of Vietnam 's economy . |
| 42 | He called for action to tackle the difficulties without ‘ shaming the reputation of this country and infringing the civil liberties of a few helpless people whose only sin has been to seek freedom and our protection ’ . |
| 43 | Mr Mackeson-Sandbach also called for the board to be strengthened , a demand subsequently reinforced by one of Sir Basil 's sons , Mr Adrian de Ferranti . |
| 44 | Brazil called it a step backward in international relations and Mexico called for an immediate cessation of hostilities . |
| 45 | Chile called for an end to the fighting and refused to recognise the new Panamanian leader , Mr Guillermo Endara . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | When the Speaker called for questioners , a forest of bodies shot up wanting to speak . |
| 48 | Probably anticipating the enhancing of the already considerable temperature that might ensue from a stretch of proven hell-raising , Pukwana called for a blues , and set about declaring his intent with that impassioned alto cry ( the instrument in his hands displaying the weight of the tenor as well as the wild , wayward quality of the higher horn ) that has been thrilling British audiences since the Sixties . |
| 49 | Spain called for the fighting to be stopped after Juan Moreno , a photographer for the newspaper El Pais , was killed in crossfire . |
| 50 | They sang , they danced on the tables , they called for their heroes and their heroes went to them . |
| 51 | It was a wonderful hour or more and later Ian Woosnam called for a knighthood for Jacklin . |
| 52 | They based the Alliance 's first ‘ Force Goals ’ upon outdated concepts that called for the deployment of very large conventional forces by the Alliance . |
| 53 | Only after pressure from US Secretary of State James Baker , was a draft resolution agreed with New Zealand , which called for : |
| 54 | It dwarfs the 1.4m tonnes the UN called for , on average , in each of the three years 1987–89 . |
| 55 | He called for ‘ democracy through good behaviour ’ , a maxim that could have come from the mouth of Chairman Mao . |
| 56 | On January 17th , the day after Mr Gorbachev called for the suspension of a new law designed to guarantee press freedom , Nezavisimaya Gazeta published a white space on its front page captioned : ‘ This is what Soviet newspapers will look like after political censorship is reimposed . ’ |
| 57 | Mr Hurd 's speech this week in Luxembourg , which called for the European Council ( as summits are known ) to have strong links with a reinforced WEU , would not have been made in Mrs Thatcher 's day . |
| 58 | It called for a EuroFed to co-ordinate monetary policies . |
| 59 | On December 12th Mr Vicari called for an extraordinary general meeting to clear up the uncertainty over the firm 's future . |
| 60 | When George Bush called for Saddam to be deposed , it was clear that : he did not want the Kurds to do it ( that would displease Turkey , Syria , Iran and Russia , and therefore , everybody else ) ; he did not want the Shiites to do it ( that would please Iran and so displease everybody else ) ; and he was not sure if he wanted the Sunnis to do it ( because that might make the Kurds and the Shiites do it , too ) . |