Example sentences of "call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following a general strike and calls for his resignation , the President was arrested on 26 March by fellow army officers . |
| 2 | Often a priority given to some activity in this police hierarchy of meaning has been laid down from a constable 's first days as a probationer and now lies beneath the immediate consciousness , so that any calls for a change in direction of police response may well be defeated by an unspoken semantic value which the institution gives to that activity . |
| 3 | In consequence the wealth of research contained in the bibliographies I have mentioned often fails to follow through the deep structures of police culture or establish the ways in which the culture is self-sustaining even in the face of calls for social change . |
| 4 | As before , Thomson , who has also put out calls for biographical material on other subjects , including S G Brown , signs himself a Member of the Institution of Electrical Engineers , helping establish credibility with editors unaware of the fact that he started collecting original papers in 1972 . |
| 5 | There are curious parallels and similarities between bureaucratic calls for gleichschaltung and radical subversions of bourgeois humanism . |
| 6 | For four hours they chanted ‘ Down with ( Yefrem ) Sokolov ’ — the republic 's party chief — and cheered calls for the prosecution of those running the republic 's government at the time of the disaster . |
| 7 | There were calls for the resignation of coach Kevin Ashcroft as Salford went down to another heavy defeat , 36-12 at home to a Bradford side inspired by their Canberra Raider , Ivan Henjak . |
| 8 | Calls for consideration of electoral reform and a new form of black representation are both expected to be defeated . |
| 9 | Peking 's response to other calls for ‘ democracy ’ this summer raised enough doubts . |
| 10 | Members also obediently answer the calls for funds . |
| 11 | The murder was also revenge , the statement went on , for ‘ the suspicious calls for co-existence and normalisation of relations with the entity of the Israeli enemy ’ — a clear reference to President Mubarak 's desire to talk to the Israelis about a Palestinian state . |
| 12 | He played in 20 Test matches and his post-war service to Yorkshire included three years as Club president , a position he vacated sadly when he found his calls for moderation went unheeded at the height of the Boycott controversy . |
| 13 | He warned that if anyone was hurt in the dispute the minister would be ‘ faced with calls for his resignation ’ . |
| 14 | The strength of opposition to calls for a working party to consider the options for electoral reform delighted the party leadership . |
| 15 | There were calls for political detainees to be freed and chants in support of the new opposition group , New Forum . |
| 16 | The findings confirm earlier estimates of a large drop in eligibility and will fuel renewed calls for the legal aid means test to be thoroughly reviewed . |
| 17 | CALLS FOR an independent body to monitor the Government 's use of statistics followed two recent cases which attracted widespread criticism , but some academics have long been concerned about the independence of British official statistics . |
| 18 | Earlier this year there were calls for a public inquiry into the Government 's use of statistics and constraints on research , from the social statistics section of the RSS , from the Association of Social Research Organisations and from the Social Research Association . |
| 19 | CALLS for an independent body to monitor political interference in government statistics , reported in The Independent yesterday , have received widespread backing . |
| 20 | Among many demonstrators , with their calls for ‘ Freedom ! ’ and ‘ We stay here ! ’ , there remains an attachment to some aspects of life in East Germany : perhaps best described as socialism with a very small s . |
| 21 | If the calls for change are allowed to build up peacefully in Leipzig , then there will clearly be an escalation in the number of those who press for change . |
| 22 | Yet , in spite of repeated European calls for Britain to join the ERM , it is plain West Germany and France would not welcome British membership at present . |
| 23 | Calls for the restoration of the death penalty were applauded loudly , but did not dominate the event as in past years . |
| 24 | During the debate , there were repeated calls for tougher sentencing and more resources to buttress law enforcement , tempered with praise for new powers to challenge ‘ over lenient ’ court decisions . |
| 25 | Without proof that money was paid into an account controlled by Mr Gandhi , there is little doubt that the Prime Minister will be able to continue resisting calls for his resignation . |
| 26 | The Soviet leader has had a more modest , though not dissimilar effect on East Germany , where his presence last weekend became a focus for calls for change of the type so steadfastly refused by his hosts . |
| 27 | However , ‘ crime fighting ’ is not the sole task of the section police in Easton , for the calls for assistance to which they respond vary considerably in nature . |
| 28 | At the local level , too , there were calls for the maximum amount of latitude in self-administration . |
| 29 | The flash-point came , as so often in the past , in the car industry , with Ford workers , members of the TGWU , deciding to smash the 5 per cent guideline with calls for a minimum pay rise of £20 a week and associated fringe benefits . |
| 30 | The first calls for psephological analysis , using modern statistical techniques , of the 1931 general election . |