Example sentences of "to call for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do n't let me stop you ! ’ she exclaimed quickly when she saw he was about to call for the bill — and immediately wished that she had n't . |
| 2 | Its decision last week to call for the removal of all sanctions , except the arms and oil embargoes , from the time that an election date was announced , rather than the elections themselves , indicates a clear understanding of the country 's dire economic situation . |
| 3 | However , on Aug. 11 , the day after the summit , he appeared on Tunisian television to condemn the deployment of foreign troops to Saudi Arabia and to call for the conflict to be confined to a " purely Arab framework " . |
| 4 | In my earlier reply I told the House what action the United Kingdom Government have taken , in concert with our partners in the European Community and other civilised countries , to condemn utterly the conduct of the Burmese Government and to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi . |
| 5 | I believe that that is the case , and the right hon. Member for Morley and Leeds , South ( Mr. Rees ) was right to call for the timetabling of Bills . |
| 6 | Another rally on Feb. 23 provoked violence against the police as about 10,000 people rallied to call for the return of the Soviet Union as a unified state . |
| 7 | To call for the reappraisal of what the media should do goes beyond questions of diversity or anti-monopoly legislation . |
| 8 | To expect Paul to call for the abolition of slavery at this point in time is to be guilty of unhistorical thinking . |
| 9 | The main thrust of the report is to call for the government to designate 30% of the UK within its Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme by the year 2000 . |
| 10 | Mandela indicated on Aug. 13 that a statement of intent by the government to implement a non-racial constitution might be sufficient for the ANC to call for the ending of sanctions against South Africa . |
| 11 | The first is Thomas v. Sawkins , where a public meeting was called in Glamorgan to protest against the Incitement to Disaffection Bill then before Parliament and to call for the dismissal of the Chief Constable of the county . |
| 12 | At the next council meeting on January 3 the Liberal Democrats intend to call for the resignation of the three — Price , the council leader Clive Betts , and Mrs J C Barton , chairman of the education committee , all Labour members — on the grounds of conflict of interest . |
| 13 | County had lost six of their last eight League games at the Baseball Ground , which had prompted disgruntled supporters to call for the resignation of manager Arthur Cox . |
| 14 | The Executive Council under Sir Paw Tun were inert and helpless , and later that morning I went to the Governor to say that I did not think we could hold the situation any longer without grave risk , and advised him to call for the resignation of the Executive Council . |
| 15 | Significantly , the ruling came only two days before tens of thousands of people took part in a march from Moscow 's Gorky Park to Manezh Square outside the Kremlin to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Ryzhkov and his government . |
| 16 | The paradox of today 's Lords is that it is this weird and undemocratic assortment of characters , largely there by freak of birth , that is more inclined to call for the will of the people to be tested . |
| 17 | The ANC , while expressing delight at their decision , nevertheless continued to call for the dissolution of the tricameral parliament , which it regarded as essentially racist . |
| 18 | However , as the results of the first inspections started to come in the seriousness of the problem was realised and the US authorities eventually went so far as to call for the use of specially made ultrasonic probes for detecting cracks round the fastener holes . |
| 19 | On Dec. 16 some 4,000 Pomaks had demonstrated in the town of Goce Delcev ( south-west Bulgaria ) to call for the restoration of their cultural and religious rights and for a criminal investigation into atrocities committed against their 300,000-strong community during a campaign of forced assimilation in 1972-73 . |
| 20 | So Ann Richards 's first act as governor was to call for the adoption of an emergency ethics law ‘ with some teeth in it . ’ |
| 21 | The prospect of a further fall in prices led the 25-country Inter-African Coffee Organization ( IACO ) meeting in Kampala in November , to call for the creation of a coffee cartel which would curb output , drain supplies and push up prices . |
| 22 | Three ministers have also been forced out over the past two weeks , an unprecedented exodus which prompted Mr Amato to call for the vote . |
| 23 | It is important to stress that ill-health in old age is not just the result of physical and mental wear and decline , or that the only effective action is to call for the doctor . |
| 24 | Despite Gorbachev 's assurances to two Armenian emissaries that a ‘ just solution ’ would be found , the Supreme Soviet Presidium warned on 23 March that ‘ self-proclaimed groups ’ ( a reference to the Karabakh Committee , a group of Armenian activists whose activities were made illegal ) could not be allowed to call for the redrawing of state and administrative boundaries , and Pravda made clear that the transfer of . |
| 25 | Although a licensing board may resolve to call for the production of plans under the subsection in respect of a number of existing licences , a separate requirement must be recorded and intimated to the licence holder in respect of each licence separately . |
| 26 | Although the licensing board may resolve to call for the production of plans under this section in respect of a number of existing licences , a separate requirement must be recorded , and intimated to the licence-holder , in respect of each licence separately . |
| 27 | On Aug. 5 leaders of the Maronite Christian parties , together with the Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir , gathered at Bkirki to call for the elections to be postponed " until the right circumstances and national conditions exist " , and to threaten a boycott . |
| 28 | Mrs McAlorum , who stood as the party 's parliamentary candidate in East Kilbride last year , said the unanimous decision to call for the party leader 's resignation had been provoked by the widespread anger among the party members . |
| 29 | Since all the parties to this dispute had already agreed to Article 14 of the Montreal Convention , the Security Council had no lawful authority to adopt any resolution that failed to call for the arbitration of this dispute . |