Sentence examples for formally calls from inspiring English sources

Although Mr. Chen's party, the Democratic Progressive Party, formally calls for independence, he says it is an unnecessary step.

MSF formally calls on the UK government to reaffirm its unequivocal commitment to international humanitarian law and to uphold it in any coalition it supports.

Good deals with the hard case previewed in his title in this way: a noun following the verb to be formally calls for the subjective case (like I, he, she, as in: "Who's there? It is I," not me).

But as the troubles with the Canadian-made device, which NASA formally calls the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator, are overcome, it is becoming part of the orbital team — albeit one that brings out a love of schlocky science fiction and bad jokes.

UPDATE: Nate responds, or I guess I should say Mr. Silver since he formally calls me Mr. McDonald (we've chatted via e-mail, so why so serious? Perhaps the New York Times editors force seriousness upon you).

The union, formally called 1199 S.E.I.U.

Doctors have formally called it homicide).

Such "loopholes and subsidies" are formally called tax expenditures.

The loans were formally called Supplemental Terrorist Activity Relief loans.

The nuclear deal — formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (J.C.P.O.A).

The group formally called off the cease-fire in June.