Example sentences of "call for [noun sg] " 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 | APSYCHOLOGIST whose research suggests that almost a fifth of pupils are being bullied has called for government action to tackle the problem . |
| 5 | Dertouzos called for government regulation to prevent the linking of databases containing personal information without certain safeguards . |
| 6 | The director of British Organic Farmers has called for government subsidies as an alternative to set-aside . |
| 7 | The police say they had reports of 15 people barracaded inside , and called for backup . |
| 8 | Some commentators have even called for computer evidence to be no longer treated as ‘ hearsay ’ ; replacing such controls with : |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Terry Carlin , Northern Ireland officer of the ICTU , said ‘ The ICTU first called for legislation to outlaw discrimination in employment in 1966 and had been actively involved ever since in the issue of promoting equality of opportunity . |
| 15 | Some opposition leaders , such as Abdoulaye Wade , a candidate in Senegal 's presidential election earlier this year , have called for devaluation . |
| 16 | He estimated that it would cost the country some A$500 million ( US$380 million ) in lost minerals , and called for compensation for the " expropriation " of the assets of Newcrest shareholders . |
| 17 | The hardline Russian Unity faction called for parliament to declare the president 's powers suspended with immediate effect . |
| 18 | A patio which spends most of the day in the shadow has called for ingenuity and imagination , as Gill Page discovered in michael Blood 's bijou garden … |
| 19 | On Jan. 29 the Federal Executive Council ( Cabinet ) had called for dialogue to end the violence . |
| 20 | This called for confession as a yearly obligation for all Christians and officially sanctioned the growing practice of private , as opposed to public , penance , although the social dimension of the sacrament as a healer of social division remained . |
| 21 | The CFDT then refused to sign the agreements and called for intensification of the strike movement . |
| 22 | Talks on a post-war coalition concluded indecisively , but the Prime Minister had called for progress to be made on plans for full employment . |
| 23 | The leader of the National Union of Mineworkers , Arthur Scargill , has called for strike action to stop the closures . |
| 24 | The 1992 defence budget , contained within the administration 's overall budget submission , called for spending of US$295,500 million , i.e. $3,700 million less than in fiscal 1991 . |
| 25 | Doctor Staples had examined her carefully , then called for cannula and trocar and performer the aspiration that she had been assured would never again be necessary . |
| 26 | I held on to her and called for help . ’ |
| 27 | Eventually he struggled free , ran to his car and called for help . |
| 28 | Police called for help but the prisoner was certified dead at the scene . |
| 29 | The lad in the leather kicked , struggled and called for mercy . |
| 30 | While both the BSP and the UDF had called for calm , the UDF had refused to sign a BSP-inspired non-violence declaration ( which many opposition parties rejected as a BSP propaganda ploy ) , issuing instead on May 27 its own non-violence declaration , which included the rejection of violence , government overthrow by force and racial discrimination . |