noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a petition calling for sth/demanding sth
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A petition calling for an inquiry was signed by 15,118 people.
a resolution calling for sth
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We support the EU resolution calling for a ban on the use of these fishing nets.
calling card
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
card
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The gentlemen presented their calling cards .
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Until 1900, cards were not signed, but hand delivered with a calling card.
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We left our calling card on the enemy with those bombs at the checkpoint.
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There were invitation cards and calling cards arranged along his mantelpiece, apparently casually but giving no doubt of his social success.
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They all hoped Zebedee would leave his calling card in the painted square they had picked for £1.
motion
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However, a Nationalist motion calling for the setting up of a small committee to be responsible for housing allocations was rejected.
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Read in studio Councillors have thrown out a motion calling for a ban on foxhunting on all council owned land.
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The United States on 2 November won a vote of 64 to 5 in support of its motion calling for a cease-fire.
petition
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Pool petition: Around 2,500 people have signed a petition calling for a swimming pool in Bedale.
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Anand made the announcement after student leaders had presented him with a petition calling for the lifting of martial law.
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A petition calling for action to improve the safety of the London Road was launched this week.
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Castle Square tenants association had submitted a petition calling on the council to withdraw the offer.
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A petition calling for action was sent to Middlesbrough Council seven years ago.
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In May 1916 all the main peace organizations joined together to launch a petition calling for peace by negotiation.
resolution
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On Thursday delegates approved a resolution calling for a two-year ban on dumping radioactive wastes in the sea.
statement
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The two issued a joint statement calling for the continuation of negotiations between the two blocs.
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No fewer than 364 economists signed a statement calling for a change of policy and traditional reflation.
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After his lunchtime lecture from a furious Mr Major, he agreed a joint statement calling for talks to re-start immediately.
voice
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He didn't open the cupboard door till he heard Ivan's voice calling when he came in.
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They had just turned into Bacon Street when he heard a loud voice calling to him and pulled sharply on the reins.
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Then he heard the voice calling .
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Babble of voices below - a man's voice calling for quiet.
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He heard a voice calling him.
■ VERB
hear
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He didn't open the cupboard door till he heard Ivan's voice calling when he came in.
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Once I heard two calling to each other across a valley, a weird sound, vaguely resembling a baboon's bark.
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She could hear Gloria behind calling for her.
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They had just turned into Bacon Street when he heard a loud voice calling to him and pulled sharply on the reins.
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Then he heard the voice calling .
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He did not hear Lissa calling to him across the haze that separated them, and he would not come to her.
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Weeks later, when the mourning for her had already begun, chimpanzees were heard calling near the village.
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He heard a voice calling him.
issue
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The two issued a joint statement calling for the continuation of negotiations between the two blocs.
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The revelation comes as the Social Security Consortium prepares to issue a campaigning leaflet calling for reform of the fund.
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They issued a joint communiqué calling for continuing contacts between their military chiefs, exercise of restraint and maintaining channels of communication.
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In Stuttgart in 1983 the so-called Stuttgart Mandate was issued calling for a brake upon agricultural expenditure.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(a case of) the pot calling the kettle black
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It was a bit like the pot calling the kettle black.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Helping the poor was her calling in life.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do you understand the distinctive calling of a sister, brother, religious priest?
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It has made me wonder quite often about the calling of shepherd of men.