Example sentences of "[prep] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | After calling for non-Muslim forces to be withdrawn from the Gulf , they cursed the Saudi Arabian government for inviting them there in the first place , and took a side-swipe at Israel for having occupied the West Bank in 1967 . |
| 2 | After calling for some ice-cubes which we popped into the straight Pernod , we drank them down , with predictably weird results ( we had already had Dexedrine ) . |
| 3 | COHSE member Christine Wilde was dubbed the ‘ condom queen ’ after calling for delegates to be issued with contraceptives . |
| 4 | TORY MP John Townend was urged to quit last night after calling for three mental health patients to be evicted from a council bungalow . |
| 5 | After calling for a return to work they organised a series of campaigns , about censorship , the campaign for the eight hour working day . |
| 6 | Families want the city council to stage more public events in its open spaces , says Liberal Democrat Councillor Beatrice Fraenkel , who had an ‘ amazing ’ response after calling for family entertainment . |
| 7 | He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the monarchy . |
| 8 | Even though the plight of those two climbers should have released me from my fear of calling for help on behalf of others , I 'm still wary unless I come across someone whose legs are a few hundred yards from their body . |
| 9 | Instead of calling for Elizabeth immediately after tea , she 'd stayed watching television , thinking Elizabeth would wait for her anyhow . |
| 10 | Almost immediately , Doherty went on to try to make it general and so , of course , capable of calling for a general strike . |
| 11 | Formerly the tenant had " security of tenure " which meant that the sheriff had the option of calling for negotiation and involving a social worker . |
| 12 | They urged Prime Minister Miklós Németh to reveal who had been privy to the intelligence information , and called for the dismissal of Interior Minister István Horváth ; they stopped short of calling for the government 's resignation , however , saying that the country needed stability before the elections . |
| 13 | We ask for help in our task of calling for an end to the executions and the release of all political prisoners . |
| 14 | Especially Bob 's suggestion of calling for people to sponsor |
| 15 | They were n't inherently toxic or dangerous , but they were misused , and instead of calling for an ambulance people would have another squirt of the inhaler down their throat and the result was that they unfortunately died . |
| 16 | She could hear Gloria behind calling for her . |
| 17 | Obviously , the adventurers may try elaborate or complicated ploys here such as calling for a blessing , Dispel Magic spells , and so on . |
| 18 | On Sept. 8 , 1989 , Emmanuel Moigua and Kalilu Titangay , members of the Pan-African Union ( Panafu ) group were detained for calling for a week of anti-racist and anti-Zionist action , including a campaign against the influential Israeli-managed N. R. Scippa company which was involved in diamond and gold mining and in importing rice . |
| 19 | Far from suggesting that the two sides were moving towards a new spirit of co-operation , the diplomats said they were a long way from calling for a ceasefire . |
| 20 | The NFFO yesterday drew back from calling for a sea and road blockade to stop the supplies of foreign fish . |
| 21 | IAN RUSH reached yet another milestone in his record-breaking career before calling for regular help to ease his scoring burden . |
| 22 | But he managed to speed out of the line of fire and drove a mile before calling for help . |
| 23 | Some sacrifice , sneered the union representing the bank 's 4,500 workers , before calling for wage talks . |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you , Rosie , ’ Nanny said to her subordinate , before calling for a way through the throng of servants who had gathered to see hounds move off . |
| 25 | Before 1992 a lone rescuer was advised to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation for some time before calling for help . |
| 26 | For severe burns where the skin is dark red , charred or blistered , do not use water but cover lightly with a sterile dressing before calling for medical aid . |
| 27 | With a brief wave Lindsey hurried along the corridor towards the consulting-room , where she sat at the desk , taking several deep breaths to compose herself before calling for her first patient . |
| 28 | You may depend if an opportunity should occur I will not fail to send a letter and I have to request in a [ letter torn ] fervor that you will post a letter to me at least once a week commencing from Monday next , with all particulars respecting your health etc etc directing them P. Office Launceston until called for , and when I again reach this place I will write immediately . |
| 29 | Government ministers now boasted of having increased spending on higher education and struck an expansionist note in calling for doubling student numbers over the next twenty-five years . |
| 30 | The former Home Secretary took common ground with Mrs Thatcher in opposing a Brussels-dominated and economically illiberal ‘ Fortress Europe ’ and went much further than Mr Lawson or the pro-European cabinet majority in calling for a central bank on the looser American rather than Bundesbank model . |