Example sentences of "[was/were] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lovins dismissed the development of nuclear power as the primary source of energy for industrial growth in the developing world , by estimating that in order to generate the level of energy pro-nuclear scientists were calling for , a new plant would have to come on stream every eleven hours throughout 54 years of actual construction , a financial impossibility . |
| 2 | They were calling for him , whistling shrilly , stamping their feet . |
| 3 | The students were calling for the restoration of school buildings damaged during the 1976 earthquake in Guatemala and a subsequent tremor in May 1988 . |
| 4 | Mark indicates that the crowd at this stage recognised Jesus as Messiah but by the end of the week they had changed their minds and were calling for his execution . |
| 5 | The demonstrators were calling for the resumption of the National Conference , suspended by the government in January , which had been set up by more than 130 political parties to review and undertake reform on Zaire 's one-party political system . |
| 6 | Some Party members , however , were calling for it to be banned . |
| 7 | He said staunch Tory newspapers were calling for the resignation of Chancellor Norman Lamont — to follow that of David Mellor . |
| 8 | Even during the later years of the reign , when Europe was embroiled in the early stages of the Thirty Years ' War and James 's MPs were calling for active English intervention on behalf of Protestants abroad , there were very few complaints in parliament about the state of religion at home . |
| 9 | We were in a sort of back room , and at one point we gave a particularly loud whoop at a particularly long word and a waiter looked in to see if we were calling for anything and then went away . |
| 10 | The same forces were calling for freedom and democracy . |
| 11 | It is hardly surprising that health authorities and hospital managers were calling for the immediate introduction of capitation funding for fundholders as a means of stemming losses from their budgets . |
| 12 | Reports claimed that demonstrators in the south were calling for the establishment of an Islamic government in Iraq headed by Hakim . |
| 13 | Opposition parties were calling for fresh elections , and criticizing President Slobodan Milosevic for his handling of the military campaign . |
| 14 | He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement . |
| 15 | They were calling for the right to hold free festivals and raves like the week long event at Castlemorton Common at the end of May . |
| 16 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 17 | from Northern Ireland there 's big Billy Hamilton … he 's an old Oxford favourite … the fans were calling for him on saturday … he 's done well with Distillery … |
| 18 | As the schoolchildren learnt there would no school for a week , the police were calling for help in their search for the aronsists . |
| 19 | The answer is that the stock market and press were calling for a demonstration of support by Cook some time ago . ’ |
| 20 | they were they were calling for . |
| 21 | Medau MArdle ( Norfolkese for ‘ gossip ’ ) is the title of a Medau newsheet launched last year for Norfolk members , edited by Janet Burns — so successful that readers were calling for a second edition a bare three weeks later . |
| 22 | Drastic measures were called for when Scarlett the Borzoi disappeared from her home at Orston , Nottinghamshire . |
| 23 | Sir Robin Day , realising that drastic measures were called for , started to make funny faces . |
| 24 | Similarly other hard information is scant , for instance James Braid who laid out the ‘ links ’ as they were called for some time , is not mentioned until the sixth meeting on October 29th ; that is four months after the first nine holes were opened , and even then the reference is vague . |
| 25 | ( This Management team of four ( bondholders ) survived until November 1921 when at the Annual General Meeting that year the President , Lord Rathcreedan , announced that ‘ The provision for Club members on the Committee had been overlooked ’ and two nominations were called for ) . |
| 26 | New types of station were called for . |
| 27 | Down went Alvar Salvadores in great haste , and ordered a bell to be rung which was a signal for two hundred knights to make ready ; for the history saith , that the Cid , by reason that he was alway in war , had appointed such signals for his people , that they knew when one hundred were called for , and when two , and so forth . |
| 28 | When volunteers were called for to drop on a remote Yugoslavian mountain , their packs laden with gelignite to blow up bridges , I carefully avoided the challenging eye and the demanding notice board . |
| 29 | At the review , Panel Members who knew the children from the previous case were called for the Hearing . |
| 30 | In line with all the structural changes , some very fundamental behavioural changes were called for . |