Example sentences of "calling for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was accused of calling for the violent overthrow of the monarchy . |
| 2 | Hamadi Jebali : a 51-year-old newspaper editor from Sousse , he was sentenced by the military court in Tunis on 31 January 1991 to one year 's imprisonment for publishing an article calling for the abolition of military courts . |
| 3 | Orlando Azcué was one of 12 political prisoners in Combinado del Este Prison in Havana who signed a letter dated 1 January 1991 , calling for peaceful political change and respect for human rights , that was smuggled out of the prison . |
| 4 | The Duke did his stately bow at that and then Donald was calling for another song . |
| 5 | The industrial labour dispute of early summer 1989 had virtually the whole public ridiculing BR 's labour relations and calling for a change of style . |
| 6 | A dryness calling for death ; … |
| 7 | On the international front Bill Widdis , director of systems development at the stock exchange , is wary of arguments calling for full transnational integration of share clearing systems . |
| 8 | Much as many Ethiopians fear and loathe the government , they are calling for more political and economic freedom , and would not feel liberated by the TPLF . |
| 9 | There will be two alternative clauses - one calling for a ban on research and one for research to be allowed up to 14 days . |
| 10 | The executive is recommending rejection of a motion calling for unilateral disarmament . |
| 11 | A hardline motion calling for black sections is almost certain to be thrown out on Friday and the party could be left without a policy as support for a proposition calling for societies with exclusively black members is also in doubt . |
| 12 | A hardline motion calling for black sections is almost certain to be thrown out on Friday and the party could be left without a policy as support for a proposition calling for societies with exclusively black members is also in doubt . |
| 13 | A student petition calling for the Chinese government to negotiate with student leaders attracted 80,000 signatures and was presented to Xinhua after another rally on 17 May . |
| 14 | But Mr Kinnock 's delight with the defence statement victory was marred by the successful left-wing rearguard action , calling for a cut in defence spending , ‘ initially to equal the average level of other West European countries ’ . |
| 15 | At the same time , there are reports that workers ' militias had been used to cordon off streets during the demonstration in Leipzig on Monday night when some 10,000 people marched through the streets chanting ‘ Gorby , Gorby ’ and calling for the legalisation of the opposition group New Forum . |
| 16 | JERUSALEM — The Unified Leadership of the Uprising , in a sudden hardening of the 21-month-old intifada , distributed a leaflet calling for general strikes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip on five days during the next week , beginning on Thursday . |
| 17 | Like Terry Venables calling for a pre-match arsenic , the old trouper knows that the best way to disarm your critics is to make ‘ em laugh , but the joke has been wearing a bit thin , and it was with some relief that he swopped his sheepish smile for a satisfied one . |
| 18 | At least by implication he is calling for a social market economy . |
| 19 | David Blunkett , replying for the national executive , persuaded delegates from Kingston-upon-Thames not to press the motion calling for a commitment to sack all the health authority chairmen and senior managers appointed by the present administration . |
| 20 | The Social Democrats passed a motion at their conference in Brighton last month calling for a common age of consent at 16 . |
| 21 | Reform circles were springing up all over the country , calling for Mr Grosz 's dismissal . |
| 22 | The mobilisation of the militias has been accompanied by letters in the press , supposedly from members , calling for tough action against ‘ subversive provocation ’ and vowing to ‘ stop these counter-revolutionary actions for once and for all - with weapons if need be ’ . |
| 23 | Far from suggesting that the two sides were moving towards a new spirit of co-operation , the diplomats said they were a long way from calling for a ceasefire . |
| 24 | Eugene Lapointe , head of the world 's wildlife trade monitoring body , hopes to find a compromise between those African nations calling for a total ban on ivory trading and those arguing for trade to be controlled . |
| 25 | Dr Runcie , he writes , ‘ is calling for a social market economy ’ , the implication being that such a marriage between free market principles for wealth creation and collective provision for social needs does not exist in this country . |
| 26 | As for the flowers , the Dutch delegation will be calling for a total ban on trade in some rare slipper orchids , which they say face extinction in 10 years unless something drastic is done . |
| 27 | TENS OF THOUSANDS of East Germans — perhaps as many as 50,000 — streamed through Leipzig last night , calling for the legalisation of the New Forum opposition group . |
| 28 | A message from a local party leader was broadcast on Karl Marx Square , calling for dialogue with all groups . |
| 29 | The local party leadership even broadcast messages , applauded by the marchers , calling for dialogue . |
| 30 | For years , people have been calling for sixth form studies to be broadened and updated , but now the pressures for change have become urgent . |