Example sentences of "[ex0] [vb base] been calls [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throughout his career there have been calls on Prince by both the US and UK critical establishment to be a better role model , to make himself accountable to some kind of community , to address himself explicitly to the problems of the day . |
| 2 | Over here , there have been calls for the Guardian Angels to set up a chapter of Pink Angels . |
| 3 | There have been calls for legislation to give suppliers an automatic right to claim interest on overdue payments and for debt collecting procedures in the courts to be simplified . |
| 4 | There have been calls for his resignation , which he has ignored . |
| 5 | There have been calls for the Bank to issue more debt at the short end , to take advantage of lower short rates . |
| 6 | None of these possibilities is countenanced by competition policy in any of the three jurisdictions previously discussed , though there have been calls for a more protectionist approach in the US . |
| 7 | This of course is a value judgement which a government is entitled to make , but it is one which some economists would argue is not fully justified by the evidence , on the basis of which there have been calls for much more stringent control . |
| 8 | There have been calls for an inquiry into the problem . |