Example sentences of "[noun pl] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former Charlton Athletic manager has been linked with Spurs , with Peter Shreeves under pressure and fans calling for a new manager . |
| 2 | Billy Graham like all such evangelists called for people from the congregation to make an immediate decision and to come out from the crowd ; and Ramsey wrote that the call for an immediate decision had danger because the mind could be stifled in the process and this could bring a later revenge in scepticism and indifference . |
| 3 | Through this mini trespass the RA are hoping to encourage hundreds of members to stage a mass trespass on the moor on September 29 , as part of Forbidden Britain Day — an annual event with nationwide protest walks calling for greater access to the countryside . |
| 4 | When , on 4 December , Suenens called for a complete redrafting of the schema on the Church , he was greeted with prolonged applause and backed by Montini . |
| 5 | In spite of two books calling for ‘ Educational Linguistics ’ ( Spolsky , 1978 : Stubbs , 1986 ) the case that will convince the profession at large has still to be made . |
| 6 | His imitations of other voices calls for a good sense of mimicry , and should bring the dreariness of his life into focus . |
| 7 | Telegrams calling for a substitute teacher at very short notice in some far flung place were not unusual and had to receive prompt attention . |
| 8 | Recent protests by disillusioned supporters calling for the dismissal of player-boss John Carroll have prompted the club to get both sides together to discuss the club 's situation . |
| 9 | Words calling for sustained effort ( " search " , " meditate " , " examine " ) are used in the Bible to describe the way the scriptures must be read for maximum benefit . |
| 10 | Speakers called for immediate action to reverse Mr Zhivkov 's national and religious assimilation policies towards the ethnic Turks and Bulgarian Muslims . |
| 11 | In April 1990 the ruling UDPM held a series of conferences on the issue of democracy , during which , it was reported , a number of speakers called for the introduction of a multiparty system . |
| 12 | Eugene Lapointe , head of the world 's wildlife trade monitoring body , hopes to find a compromise between those African nations calling for a total ban on ivory trading and those arguing for trade to be controlled . |
| 13 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 14 | The main speeches called for unity of the armed forces , and denounced attempts to split the Black Sea Fleet [ see p. 38732 ] . |
| 15 | The downturn in business in a wide variety of sectors called for outstanding management talent in order to regenerate British industry . |
| 16 | In May 1915 the Italian and Swiss Socialist Parties called for a conference of socialists who had ‘ remained true to the old principles of the International … and were ready to fight for the mobilization of Socialists in all countries against war . ’ |
| 17 | Opposition parties called for stricter curbs on pollution . |
| 18 | Both parties called for mass protests to have the result annulled , the PAN stating that it would ask the Organization of American States ( OAS ) Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to hold a full scale investigation . |
| 19 | In 1972 the United Nations called for a ten-year moratorium on all commercial whaling to be enacted through the IWC . |
| 20 | Southern nations called for specific funds to be made available to support the improvements , but this was rejected by the northern donor nations . |
| 21 | The G77 group of developing nations called for a commitment from all developed nations to meet this target by the year 2000 . |
| 22 | No date for the target to be met has yet been set , although several nations called for a deadline of 2000 for western Europe and 2005 for eastern Europe . |
| 23 | When the Berlin Wall was built in 1961 and the first killings began , one might have expected these siren voices calling for a third way to fall silent . |
| 24 | It is with regret that we join the chorus of voices calling for the resignation of Jocelyn Stevens as chairman of Britain 's architectural and archaeological conservation body , English Heritage : any man so free of mealy-mouthed PR awareness as to tell a bothersome journalist to ‘ go and pee out of the window ’ is a true blue . |
| 25 | This coalition must hold together in the post-war settlement and resist the siren voices calling for a huge re-arming of the region . |
| 26 | It would push a powerful Arab country back into implacable confrontation with Israel just when voices calling for a peace settlement are gaining strength throughout the Arab world . |
| 27 | The party announced its adherence to the Madrid Pact of Guinean and Spanish parties calling for democracy in Equatorial Guinea [ see p. 36923 ] . |
| 28 | Rallies had been held repeatedly since March 26 in Dushanbe , the capital , organized by the opposition parties calling for the resignation of the Supreme Soviet Chair , Sarafali Kenjayev . |
| 29 | Nasrallah argued that those parties calling for a boycott of the elections had nevertheless in 1982 participated in the presidential elections which , he said , had been held " under Israeli guns " . |
| 30 | Today , as the massive clear-up operation got underway traders called for extra security measures including the installation of cameras . |