Sentence examples for pointed call for from inspiring English sources

In his appearance on Tuesday, Mr. Bush alternately exhibited playfulness and annoyance, but issued a similarly pointed call for cooperation.

Human Rights Watch, meanwhile, has made a pointed call for the next president of Fifa to ensure any future World Cup hosts comply with fundamental human rights norms.

Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, has made pointed calls for SocGen executives to face "consequences" (see article).

Brown's pointed call to action seems to have been just what CBS was looking for.

The letter also expressed express "grave concern over pointed calls by those in authority for censorship of The Guardian and criminal prosecution of its journalists in the name of national security".

"These revelations are deeply disturbing and there is no place in society let alone public office for this type of behavior," Giannoulias said in a pointed statement calling for Cohen to leave the governor's race.

The forum hosted by CNN, in which Sanders led off, presented the Vermont senator with some of the most pointed questions to date about the details of his broad call for a "political revolution".

Clegg has been making increasingly pointed attacks in the wake of the expenses scandal and was the only party leader to call for the Speaker, Michael Martin, to stand down.

Zumthor's plan called for a pointed wedge of dark shingled wood clinging to a mountainside, like the mysteriously stranded bow of an ancient ship, with clerestory windows, a modest single door atop simple concrete steps and two bells perched on a slender tower.

He added, in what could only be a pointed response to Republican politicians calling for the closure of America's borders for its security and prosperity that "if we want security, let us give security; if we want life, let us give life; if we want opportunities, let us provide opportunities".

Some of the calls for reviews were more pointed than others.