noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
call for the abolition of sth
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Human Rights groups have called for the abolition of the death penalty.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
call
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Today it is calling for the abolition of the Budget, dismissing it as an unnecessary annual charade.
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To expect Paul to call for the abolition of slavery at this point in time is to be guilty of unhistorical thinking.
demand
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It demanded the abolition of the Family Code.
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It offers to those who demand quality the abolition of the Audit Commission, something to which it is pledged.
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A composite motion demanding the straight forward abolition of the block vote was defeated on a show of hands.
follow
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Is it too imaginative to suppose that all these consequences would follow an abolition of the power to dissolve?
recommend
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We can not too strongly condemn such a practice and we recommend its total abolition ....
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We therefore recommend the abolition of this rule.
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The Law Commission has recommended the partial abolition of these rules.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Governor Jeanne Shaheen vetoed the New Hampshire abolition law as soon as it was passed.
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Other changes included the abolition of the death penalty.
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Sadly, because of abolition , it was also the last.
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The abolition of the death penalty following the revolution remained intact.
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The completion of multilateral negotiations on the abolition of chemical weapons will be pursued.