Example sentences of "[pron] call for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To coincide with the study 's publication , the council renewed its call for the Data Protection Act to be amended to enable individuals to see any file on them kept by the league . |
| 2 | By electing Dr Gysi by an overwhelming majority , the SED rank-and-file made a radical break with the past , rallying behind the party and its call for a ‘ democratic renewal of socialism ’ . |
| 3 | By electing Dr Gysi by an overwhelming majority , the SED rank-and-file made a radical break with the past , rallying behind the party and its call for a ‘ democratic renewal of socialism ’ . |
| 4 | The ‘ Russian Unity ’ faction , which includes around 300 of the 1,000 deputies , renewed its call for the ‘ government of market experimenters ’ to resign . |
| 5 | Each contained its ‘ duty demand ’ , its call for responsibility , its particular way I ‘ should ’ behave , but never did . |
| 6 | Gwent SSD has renewed its call for a purpose-built secure unit in Wales following violent incidents at the Coed Glas Assessment Centre which resulted in several young people appearing in court . |
| 7 | Not only had it removed Russia from the war , but its call for international revolution and the threatened collapse of the ruling class in much of central and eastern Europe in 1918 , combined with an increase in working-class militancy at home , frightened many in the middle classes even outside the radical right . |
| 8 | After its first emergency meeting on Aug. 3 the GCC Ministerial Council met again in Jeddah on Aug. 7 and reiterated its call for an unconditional Iraqi withdrawal . |
| 9 | Some claimed that the plan was underfunded by the multilateral institutions and that its call for debt-reduction agreements would encourage debtors to default on existing commitments , thus impeding the extension of new loans . |
| 10 | On Dec. 6 the General Assembly adopted by 144 votes to two ( Israel and the USA ) Resolution 45/68 renewing its call for an international peace conference on the Middle East involving all parties , including the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ) [ see also p. 37434 ] . |
| 11 | Recalling Resolutions 43/20 of Nov. 3 , 1988 , and 44/15 of Nov. 1 , 1989 [ see p. 37434 ] , the Assembly unanimously adopted Resolution 45/12 on Nov. 7 , renewing its call for a comprehensive political settlement in Afghanistan , and adding that a settlement would " provide an impetus for the resolution of other acute regional problems " . |
| 12 | In a statement on July 22 , the organization renewed its call for an interim government , first made in the Harare Declaration of August 1989 [ see p. 36837 ] . |
| 13 | The ANC reminded the government of its call for the banning of all dangerous weapons at public gatherings and accused the government of allowing " this paramilitary force to become a law unto itself " . |
| 14 | The Moroccan Organization of Human Rights on Aug. 3 denounced the government 's policy of " political detention " and " inhuman prison conditions " , while on Aug. 7 Amnesty International renewed its call for the " immediate release of all army personnel held in secret beyond the expiry of their sentence , for over 17 years " , a reference to some 60 people said to be still detained under conditions of " rigorous imprisonment " at an isolated fortress in Tazmamart . |
| 15 | Efforts to end the 12-year civil war prompted the government in May to renew its call for a ceasefire [ see p. 37453 ] ; in June it proposed a peace conference , after reports that the United States and the Soviet Union had failed to resolve differences over a transition process [ see p. 37669 ] . |
| 16 | Iran was suspicious of Turkey 's aims in the region and had criticised its call for US involvement . |
| 17 | ‘ . In its call for ‘ rigorous constructive argument ’ and a general reorganisation of the political , social and economic structure of the country it articulated the frustrations of a broad spectrum of opinion with existing policies . |
| 18 | FoE reiterated its call for an immediate ban on the use of two herbicides most often found in water , atrazine and simazine . |
| 19 | The Japanese goverment has launched a campaign to promote the eating of whale meat , hoping to raise public support for its call for the moratorium on whaling to be lifted at this year 's meeting of the International Whaling Commission ( IWC ) in Kyoto in May . |
| 20 | THE AUTHOR , Salman Rushdie , yesterday condemned the death edict against him as a ‘ terrorist threat ’ after Iran renewed its call for the sentence to be carried out four years after it was imposed . |
| 21 | First there was Sir David Calcutt 's report , with its call for a statutory complaints mechanism to curb press excesses . |
| 22 | There is little doubt that yesterday 's Gleneagles address by England 's Lord Chief Justice , Lord Taylor , will strike a chord with many people in its powerful , if scarcely original , defence of custodial sentences , its call for sentencing of a severity which matches public horror at crime and its hearty swipe at ‘ forward-thinking ’ social theorists . |
| 23 | Strathclyde Regional Council , another strong critic of the Touche Ross figures , yesterday issued a statement renewing its call for an independent commission to examine the future of Scottish local government . |
| 24 | Perhaps she had known it would happen , perhaps he had answered her call for the same reason . |
| 25 | TV campaigner Esther Rantzen was tonight announcing a political initiative to back her call for a nationwide witness protection programme . |
| 26 | President-elect Chamorro added her call for a ceasefire , stating in a broadcast on Feb. 28 that the causes of the war had disappeared , that there was thus no more reason to fight , and that Nicaraguans should return home . |
| 27 | She 's gathered fifty seven thousand signatures joining her in her call for tougher sentences . |
| 28 | THE Maastricht Treaty Bill was set to gain its second reading in the Lords early today after a marathon two day debate which saw Margaret Thatcher lead a head on clash with Mr Major over her call for a referendum . |
| 29 | Delegates backed her call for a ban on all phone sex lines which are advertised in newspapers and magazines . |
| 30 | The unions hope to embarrass Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , with tomorrow 's lobby and believe that many Tories at the conference back their call for an increased offer . |