a wake-up call

"It has certainly been a wake-up call to equity at the point of entry. "

Harry: Last night, I discovered something wonderful. It was a wake-up call, a way to look at myself and what I really want out of life.

He says it was a shock, and a wake-up call, when the only work he could find was a low-paying restaurant job.

The inability to watch videos or download podcasts and music was a bit of a wake-up call about how high my expectations have risen.

Next morning, when she did not answer a wake-up call, her mother went to the apartment and found her daughter battered and bloodied.

England seems to be suffering from a deadly case of deja vu, or perhaps, a wake up call.

"We have to see this as a wake-up call, " Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said in an interview on Monday.

This town could use a bit of a wake-up call, don't you think?

This episode is a wake-up call to any company perceived to be hostage to one person alone. Even if it is true.

To me, it's something of a wake-up-call to realise that a couple who make $75, 000 each are in the top 5% of American households.

Strikes over the last 2 months have been a wake-up call for many foreign companies that depend on China's low costs to compete overseas.

If the failure in Copenhagen can act as a wake-up call to the biodiversity community, that itself will have been a positive achievement.

There has been a range of speculation about the nature of the threat posed by the botnet, from a wake-up call to a devastating attack.

"This should be a wake-up call to parents: you and your kids want the exact same thing. What's missing are the proper tools, " Irwin added.

The book serves as a warning sign and a wake up call to anyone concerned about fate of the American democratic process.

Fourth, the United States sub-loan crisis of our MBS to carry out a wake-up call.

I am honoured to address this session, and I am strong in my conviction that this meeting must serve as a wake-up call.

But the debt crisis was a wake-up call to policymakers to put the house in order, and they have done a lot to deal with it.

In some cases, than a wake-up call "lesson time" to be good because, as can at least make up for.

But public revulsion at the excesses of the financial industry has been a wake-up call to companies in all sectors.

The Scottish MP welcomed the ban, and said it should act as a wake-up call to advertisers, urging them to "get back to reality. "

You snuck out of the tub to leave a wake-up call!

Colette Lewiner of Capgemini said the study should be a "wake-up call" for the energy industry, governments and regulators.

Rather, "the science is a wake-up call to say that we must think about different policy trajectories" to avoid catastrophic scenarios.

Recent debt limit agreement was a wake-up call for people, predict this in the long term may worsen sharply.

Her tragic death served as a wake-up call for the millions who crave artificial beauty in an often-unregulated environment.

But they say the analysis should be a wake-up call for residents to prepare for a natural disaster in earthquake country.

Would you tell the front desk that I need a wake-up call at 6 a. m. tomorrow morning while you're down stairs ?

'It was a wake-up call for the industry, ' said a top French bank executive, who soon started dumping his Italian government bonds.

The Bund auction may have been a wake-up call to Berlin.

This needs to be a wake-up call. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers.

Nevertheless, the recent government reports should be a wake-up call to Beijing that it urgently needs to address this issue.

Lawyers voiced surprise at the size of the penalty, which one said should serve as a "wake up call" to senior managers.

Default would be a wake-up call for the Greek nation and put it on the path to competent economic management.

The emergence of artemisinin resistance has been a wake-up call.

Moreover, there is a sliver of a silver lining given that the downgrade may serve as a wake-up call for US policymakers.

This, says Roach, was a "wake-up call for Beijing, " as well as for the export-led Asian region.

In a sense, 'Voices of the Poor' is a wake up call for all people and organizations concerned with poverty.

For Gerardo, the assault with the baseball bat was a wake-up call to turn his life around.

Nature has to mankind was a wake-up call, we can't go on like this, protect the environment, everyone duty.

Some Wall Street analysts viewed the German bond auction as a wake-up call.

Now that term may sound very sexy, but it should be a wake up call to the small investor.

It was like a slap in the face - a wake up call.

For the incoming regulator, the meeting was a wake-up call.

Our letters are offered as a wake up call for each that chooses to read of what we have to share.

The year of the rooster may yet deliver a wake-up call, but to America rather than to China.

Helen Pierce, an NAACP delegate from Fayetteville, N. C. , said Obama's speech is a wake-up call to young people and their parents.

This should be a wake-up call for all Pakistani men, self included, to behave themselves.

It can serve as a wake-up call for strong government and an end to militias capable of insurrection.

He described the recent cyberattacks on Google as "a wake up call to those who have not taken this problem seriously" .

In a speech intended as a wake-up call to the government, he argued for raising the age at which Italians left work.

'The Day the Dollar Died' is a wake up call for Americans who aren't yet stocking up on gold, silver and food supplies.

The exercise was "a wake-up call to HR departments" , says Richard Maddison of the FSA.

In fact, 2009, 10 years hundreds of thousands of small home site, already for industry silence was a wake-up call.

This simple picture is a wake - up call for the whole of the human race.

He then asked: What, Where destiny? Me as a wake-up call, suddenly: fate in their own hands!

It should serve as a wake-up call, galvanising liberals to unify and organise.

An anxious debate followed: was this the random act of a single region, or a wake-up call from Beijing?

The financial crisis was a wake-up call for East Asia on these issues.

Situation: John is calling room service for a wake-up call.

Janet: OK. You'll get a wake-up call from our automated service tomorrow.

The high gas prices will certainly be a wake up call to Mr. Bush's administration.

Last month's high-speed rail crash was a wake-up call for officials.

Several industries have chosen to view this problem as a wake-up call.

Hi, I'd like a wake-up call at seven tomorrow morning please.

So often, in every walk of life, from business to politics, it can be a wake-up call, heralding a new dawn.

This earthquake was not only a great test and challenge to China's Emergency Administration System, but also a wake-up call to us.

The demonstration by the immigration groups outside the Council in New York is a wake up call.

The dispute over the renminbi is a wake-up call for Beijing.

It also should be a wake-up call for those, such as commodities-market bulls, who believe in perpetually high Chinese growth.

Another popular interpretation is that this is a wake-up call about our runaway debt.

The catastrophe is a wake-up call for globalizing manufacturers.

The events of this year are a wake up call.

LL: Yeah, that was a wake-up call for us to be more careful about walking across campus.

d like a wake up call at seven tomorrow morning.

'The fiscal policy debate and how long it stretched out was a wake-up call for me, ' Ms. Adams says.

"The Stern Review is a wake-up call to the world, " said Hans Verolme, a climate change expert at environmental group WWF.

Optimists argue that S&P's decision may act as a wake-up call.

I support this legislation in theory because China needs a wake-up call.

I think this is a wake-up call for government to realize that the time for young people to have access to ICT has long been overdue .

Would you give me a wake up call at six tomorrow morning?

But generally death serves as a wake up call to those who are alive, that life is short.

The government's drug czar says that Michael Jackson's death is a wake-up call to the nation about prescription drug abuse.

I'd like a wake-up call tomorrow morning.

To face a second so soon should be a wake-up call.

The simple picture is a wake-up call for the whole human race.

At the time, energy experts and politicians called the blackout a wake-up call about the country's antiquated power grid.

NO02, Should we set the alarm clock or ask for a wake-up call?

Memory or as a wake-up call to those of the students visited the beautiful old haunt the past?

John: Can you please give me a wake-up call at six, tomorrow morning?

J: hello, may I please help counter to arrange a wake-up call.

Yes, I'd like to arrange a wake-up call for tomorrow morning.

A wake-up call at seven tomorrow morning, please.

The events were a wake-up call.

Everyone will die, but not everyone live forever: a wake up call . . .

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I'd like a wake-up call in the morning.

First, the crisis and Great Recession of 2008-2009 were a wake-up call.

A second food crisis in as many years is a wake-up call.

There is a wake-up call in the east, China in particular, to improve governance.

Anyone in our hotel can ask for a wake up call.

"The American consumer is dead and this is a wake-up call for the Chinese and Asian export industry, " Roach said.

The loss of talent, say Professors McHale and Kapur, is a wake-up call to poorer countries.

A: Could you give me a wake-up call?

Could you give me a wake-up call?

Now many see the accident as a wake-up call.

Jack: Anyway, I think the prediction is a wake-up call.

Like all crises, this one is a wake-up call.

I'd like a wake up call.

Tomorrow morning I need a wake-up call.

How do I get a wake-up call?

"I think this is a wake-up call for China, " said Stephen Roach, the chairman of Morgan Stanley in Asia.

preferred Can you give me a wake-up call?

I would like arrange a wake-up call.

This is room 602 . I'd like a wake-up call at six thirty tomorrow morning.

Natalie: Yes, can I get a wake-up call at 6: 00 a. m. tomorrow?

Give me a wake-up call.

This is a wake-up call to the oil consuming countries and to the oil producers.

This is Room 1442. Give me a wake-up call at seven, tomorrow morning, please.

I didn't need this as a wake-up call.

You got a wake-up call this morning, didn't you?

For many in Nigeria, including some government officials, the global food crisis last year was a wake-up call.

'This is a wake-up call, ' Mr. Medvedev said.

He believes last year's losses should be a wake-up call for investors to reduce stock allocations and more broadly diversify.

The 2007-08 crisis was for the food industry what the 1990-91 Gulf War spike in oil prices was for the world's airlines: a wake-up call.

You call the receptionist to arrange for a wake-up call if you like.

Yes, sir. So, a wake-up call for room 1808 at 6: 45 tomorrow morning.

a wake up call AT 9: 30 tomorrow morning?

Desk clerk: Do you need a wake-up call, sir?

Will you need a wake up call?

Would you like a wake-up call service?

Do you need a wake-up call in the morning? C.

I'm Lucy in Room 2010, and I want a wake-up call at 6: 30 tomorrow morning.

This is a wake-up call for all countries, not just China. We should all be paying strict attention to the events at Fukushima.

I want a wake-up call at eight o'clock.

Would you like to have a wake up call tomorrow morning?

Can I have a wake-up call, please?

I am Tim Green in Room 1021 and I want a wake-up call at 5: 30AM tomorrow.

Then your voice calls me back like a wake up call

Then your voice pulls me back like a wake up call

A wake up call goes off but i'm not sleeping yet

Another anonymous reader sends a wake up call for Dubai, saying

a wake-up call on the problems of pollution

Receiving a Wake Up Call Request

like a wake up call

Giving a Wake Up Call

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