Example sentences of "called for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claiborne Pell , chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee , also called for a neutral government in Kabul to hold elections or seek a traditional Afghan consultative assembly . |
| 2 | Mr Livingstone called for cuts in defence spending . |
| 3 | Indeed , Mr Kinnock called for a modest celebration at Labour 's recovery : it was an encouragement , an inspiration to see the party working together once more , he said . |
| 4 | In a move for which he would later pay , he called for the persecution of Deng Xiaoping , who was banished from office and attacked as second only to Liu as China 's ‘ leading capitalist roader ’ . |
| 5 | Ms Willbourne also called for the civil courts to be given new powers to exclude an abuser from the home instead of the child . |
| 6 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 7 | Last week , Mr Perez de Cuellar called for a ‘ structured ’ Afghan delegation representing all the Afghan factions to meet and organise an intra-Afghan dialogue . |
| 8 | The letter in the Leipziger Volkszeitung called for the use of ‘ weapons , if need be ’ . |
| 9 | Later in the day security forces stormed a candlelight protest march , beating young people who called for peaceful change . |
| 10 | It was only when PC Buckingham called for assistance on his personal radio that they realised what was happening . |
| 11 | A group of lawyers from Britain and Europe called for a judicial inquiry into allegations of collusion between loyalist paramilitaries and the security forces in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | Complaining that the grass-roots party cadres had been excluded from decision-making , the Peking Daily called for new emphasis on the party 's role in economic as well as political matters : ‘ If the party only controls the party then it would no longer be a political class party but an amateur group for the masses , or a kind of club . ’ |
| 13 | In a conference fringe speech which appeared to set out his own personal manifesto , the Leader of the Commons also echoed Mr Heseltine 's views on the need to take a more positive attitude to the European Community , and he called for a moderation of the Government 's confrontational style . |
| 14 | At the Ninth All-Russian Congress of Soviets on 22 December 1921 , Lenin called for the reform of the Cheka. since NEP required more ‘ revolutionary legality ’ . |
| 15 | A considerable amount of my time since Annual Conference has been spent in following up Resolution No 25 which called for a specialist review of administration and expenditure . |
| 16 | It called for a revision of the Prayer Book — and the bishops of that day had no idea how far this call would lead the Churches . |
| 17 | In 1987 another sceptic , John Biffen , Leader of the House , and one who publicly called for a consolidation rather than extension of existing policies , was dismissed . |
| 18 | Balfour called for drastic economies , to include a reduction in unemployment benefit and the imposition of a revenue tariff on manufactured goods . |
| 19 | It called for a national plan , with the full co-operation of Commonwealth governments . |
| 20 | It only called for eight at the most . |
| 21 | One of the issues that called for more profound thought than usual was the direction United Biscuits should take after its products had come to command the lion 's share of the market and could n't be expected to squeeze out many more sales . |
| 22 | At the end of her life Rosa Luxembourg called for the abolishment of trade unions and promoted the view that workers ' councils were essential organisations in the establishment of socialism . |
| 23 | They called for democratic elections in the trade unions . |
| 24 | This has been represented as some kind of martyrdom on Lewis 's part ; and doubtless , like any long-term relationship , it called for reserves of patience and good humour on both sides . |
| 25 | They called for four changes in modern house design : sloping paths in the landscaping rather than steps , lower concrete thresholds , wider doors to let wheelchairs through , and a downstairs lavatory . |
| 26 | These were films that had been grafted onto the Gaumont-British production programme , rather than emerging out of the script department as projects with potential that called for higher expenditure . |
| 27 | He called for British entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism in months rather than years and the creation of a European central bank with ‘ one pound equals ‘ x ’ ecus ’ on bank notes . |
| 28 | He called for a single European standard for everything from track size to signalling and from staff training to rolling stock . |
| 29 | THE National Front leader , Mr Jean-Marie Le Pen , yesterday called for the mass expulsion of coloured immigrants as the government announced emergency integration measures . |
| 30 | He called for a general election . |