Example sentences of "call for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nikos took pity on him and went out into the corridor and called for Yussuf . |
| 2 | Georgiades went to the door and called for Yussuf . |
| 3 | As Poole ( 1978 , p. 43 ) observes , the local government administrator typically works ‘ as a subordinate of the specialist , relieving him of those tasks which have not called for specialist experience and qualifications ’ . |
| 4 | The German Mining Union , for its part , has called for curbs on imported coal in order to increase indigenous coal sales to the electricity generating industry — some 10 million tonnes of cheaper foreign coal came into Germany in 1982 . |
| 5 | She 'd hoped to be able to take him out , perhaps for a longish walk through the forest where they could hope for a glimpse of a deer , but at its heaviest the downpour would have called for wetsuits rather than waterproofs . |
| 6 | The new Emperor called for lights , examined the face , then thrust at it three times with a sword . |
| 7 | APSYCHOLOGIST whose research suggests that almost a fifth of pupils are being bullied has called for government action to tackle the problem . |
| 8 | Dertouzos called for government regulation to prevent the linking of databases containing personal information without certain safeguards . |
| 9 | The director of British Organic Farmers has called for government subsidies as an alternative to set-aside . |
| 10 | The two told how Pringle had called for Jason at his home in Geneva Road , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon and they had gone for a ride around in a van . |
| 11 | The police say they had reports of 15 people barracaded inside , and called for backup . |
| 12 | No one called for sanctions against the US or the bombing of Washington . |
| 13 | They gave the de Klerk proposals a cautious welcome but called for sanctions to remain strictly in force until all arrangements were in place for a new constitution and democratic elections . |
| 14 | A general strike was called for March 12 , and by March 10 street barricades had been erected in the capital , Port-au-Prince , and many other towns . |
| 15 | Demonstration were called for March 9 in Belgrade by opposition groups led by Vuk Draskovic , the chairman of the Serbian Renaissance Movement which opposed Milosevic 's confrontational policies toward non-communist organisations . |
| 16 | A Diet was called for March 1198 at Cologne . |
| 17 | As soon as the results of the General Election were known a special governors meeting was called for April 29 to resume the opt-out debate . |
| 18 | Some commentators have even called for computer evidence to be no longer treated as ‘ hearsay ’ ; replacing such controls with : |
| 19 | I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor . |
| 20 | On foreign policy the platform called for consolidation and development of friendship and co-operation with the Soviet Union , Laos and Cambodia and for the " restoration of friendship " with China . |
| 21 | In a statement reported on Oct. 16 by ITAR-TASS , the leaders of the republics called for consolidation and clarification of federal and republican powers , and supported Yeltsin 's bid to postpone the Congress of People 's Deputies until March 1993 . |
| 22 | Professor Miller , for such he has to be called for identification purposes , was first asked to give a definition of what psychology was , though the other Miller probably knew what the answer would be . |
| 23 | An emergency EC summit was called for Aug. 23 , but was cancelled after the coup collapsed . |
| 24 | EXTRA COST Although local authorities , countryside groups and individuals had called for sections of the line from Lackenby to Picton and Picton to Shipton to be laid underground , the area did not merit the extra expense , he said . |
| 25 | He had called for Doyle , and Doyle had turned the clock back , and come to make the arrest in person . |
| 26 | Initial reports that the local garrison of the ( Serb-dominated ) Yugoslav People 's Army had turned out to assist the Knin insurgents proved to be false ( on Aug. 14 Serbian National Council leader Jovan Raskovic had called for army protection should the referendum be prevented ) . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've called for Dr Meredith , but I understand he may be a little delayed . ’ |
| 28 | A Senate report published in late April 1991 on defence policy after the Gulf war nevertheless called for defence expenditure to be increased from 3.37 per cent of GDP to 3.8 per cent . |
| 29 | The weekly trade newsletter said yesterday that the deal struck by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries last month called for shipments to be cut by about 2 million barrels per day on the February level of about 25.6 million bpd . |
| 30 | VILLAGERS have called for lay-bys at bus stops on a busy road following concerns about safety . |