Example sentences of "[noun] called for " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Georgian delegation called for a return to military positions occupied prior to Oct. 1 , the Abkhazians insisted on a complete withdrawal of Georgian troops from their territory . |
| 2 | On 26 October the Chronicle called for a National Guard which would unite " the most respectable and efficient of the middle and labouring classes " . |
| 3 | Billy Graham like all such evangelists called for people from the congregation to make an immediate decision and to come out from the crowd ; and Ramsey wrote that the call for an immediate decision had danger because the mind could be stifled in the process and this could bring a later revenge in scepticism and indifference . |
| 4 | He got together with Clyde Walcott , a happy refereeing choice for three Tests in England this summer between England and Pakistan , and they ruled that the rule called for 90 overs to be bowled every day , and the allowance for wickets would only be taken into account for fining purposes when each side 's overall rate was calculated at the end of the game . |
| 5 | When , on 4 December , Suenens called for a complete redrafting of the schema on the Church , he was greeted with prolonged applause and backed by Montini . |
| 6 | Although the Minister 's Department has refused to countenance such a review in the past , I beg him to think again and announce today that the Government will undertake the urgent review called for by the NACAB and many hon. Members . |
| 7 | ‘ Though that is true only up to a point — last year after the dog fox was killed on the road the vixen called for three nights , the saddest sound I ever heard . ’ |
| 8 | National legal administration called for regional delegation . |
| 9 | Disarmament negotiations opened in 1983 in Geneva , and the Reagan Administration called for the withdrawal from Eastern Europe of the new range of Soviet SS20 missiles — the so-called " zero option " . |
| 10 | In addition , the administration called for changes in court rules to permit the use of illegally seized evidence , provided that the police had acted " in good faith " in seizing it . |
| 11 | The public security bureau provided the immediate action called for by the students . |
| 12 | The relation between an obligation concretized in the form of presence on a list and the realization of the action called for by this presence is obviously one of subsequence , whence the use of the to infinitive . |
| 13 | Speakers called for immediate action to reverse Mr Zhivkov 's national and religious assimilation policies towards the ethnic Turks and Bulgarian Muslims . |
| 14 | In April 1990 the ruling UDPM held a series of conferences on the issue of democracy , during which , it was reported , a number of speakers called for the introduction of a multiparty system . |
| 15 | One of the GIs called for a pen from his friend , caught it deftly in the air and planted his huge boot on the handlebar of Tony 's tricycle to write the address . |
| 16 | The Sheikha called for coffee and some sweet to be brought . |
| 17 | With the development of strong , authoritarian , state-like bodies , human control over arid and semi-arid areas was extended through irrigation works , whose construction and maintenance called for an organization which Wittfogel ( 1957 , p.136 ) characterized as ‘ benevolent in form and oppressive in content . ’ |
| 18 | Policy in the northern agency during the research called for compliance in about 70 percent of routine samples ; with the review of consents , the agency has become seemingly less tolerant , calling for compliance in 95 percent of samples . |
| 19 | Thus , to battle with the obstinate problem of unemployment , the President called for renewed spending on public works , and in 1935 a Works Progress Administration ( WPA ) was set up under Harry Hopkins . |
| 20 | A short time later , when it was almost time to board the coach , the Institute 's president called for silence . |
| 21 | Besides , the script called for me to look beat-up and dishevelled . |
| 22 | Anthony Marriott and Alistair Foot 's script called for the clerk to be a ‘ heavy ’ type , but Crawford was successful in changing the underling to a meek , nervous sort . |
| 23 | The script called for a pistol shot , the thump of Williams falling to the ground and Paddick left with the last line . |
| 24 | The main speeches called for unity of the armed forces , and denounced attempts to split the Black Sea Fleet [ see p. 38732 ] . |
| 25 | When , at its first meeting in 1831 , the British Association called for a report on the state of mathematics it elicited only three sections , on algebra , trigonometry and the arithmetic of sines , which almost completely ignored the major developments of the previous century and a half . |
| 26 | Rebel supporters from the Barnet Supporters ' Association called for a boycott of all matches . |
| 27 | Rebel supporters from the Barnet Supporters ' Association called for a boycott of all matches . |
| 28 | We have not dealt with the reasons why The Head Teachers ' Association called for the teaching of modern foreign languages in primary schools . |
| 29 | The association called for the standard of advice offered to be monitored by the industry watchdogs . |
| 30 | ‘ The last time I went to Confession the priest called for a packet of green Rizlas and an ounce of Lebanese Gold . ’ |