Example sentences of "[adv] speak for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A representative chosen by the people of a particular constituency should presumably speak for that constituency . |
| 2 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 3 | Earlier Neil Kinnock , the Labour leader , hoped it would be demonstrated that Sir Nicholas did not speak for other Tories ‘ because the gutter language he used is not fit for anyone standing for a democratic party ’ . |
| 4 | I can not speak for other hypnotherapists , but for myself I do not think it is a good idea . |
| 5 | Erm I can not speak for other districts , and they are a far |
| 6 | Langbaurgh council leader Arthur Taylor said : ‘ We can not speak for other authorities , but as far as Langbaurgh is concerned , we have no debt with Caldaire . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I can not speak for all here , but for myself I say this . |
| 8 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 9 | Sesostris did not speak for some time . |
| 10 | For notwithstanding I trust to bring you off happily , with the goodwill of our lord the king and all who best speak for this land , yet I do know there are some who may have other thoughts concerning you . |
| 11 | The driver took the little engine and the two men looked at it silently , not speaking for several minutes . |
| 12 | Computer is sad that humans have not spoken for fifteen thousand years . ’ |
| 13 | The Cornish are fortunate to be able to paint their regional discontents in the attractive colours of Celtic tradition , which makes them so much more visible , even though it leads some of them to reinvent a language not spoken for 200 years , and even though the only popular public tradition with genuine roots in the country is Wesleyan Methodism . |
| 14 | She felt exhausted ; she had not spoken for ten minutes and felt that unless she said something soon she would disappear . |
| 15 | It was particularly offensive because Cliff had not spoken for ten days in order to rest his larynx and avoid surgery before a new tour . |
| 16 | ‘ Ithell Colquhoun thus spoke for future generations of women artists when in 1943 she stressed the need to escape from gender barriers . |
| 17 | He acknowledges he has learned from Porter 's writing on competitive advantage , but probably speaks for most of his peers when he says : ‘ I do n't read business texts written by academics for the purpose of discovering a direct application that I can use . |
| 18 | Telephone Management Systems customer care director Anne Nunn also speaks for many suppliers when she talks about the imbalance between the knowledge required of hotel staff and the time devoted to training them . |
| 19 | The English Free Church Year Book of 1911 probably spoke for many communions when it said ‘ the truth is — and we must face its startling reality — the educated middle class , especially the young people , are losing touch altogether with the House of God ’ . |
| 20 | They hijack Englishness and do not really speak for most English people . |
| 21 | So I ca n't speak for that obviously . |
| 22 | ‘ I really ca n't speak for all of them . |
| 23 | He did n't speak for ten minutes when his wife said she was expecting . |
| 24 | Immobile , barely breathing , Maria did n't speak for several seconds . |
| 25 | Len said carefully , ‘ When my dad died , he and my mum had n't spoken for three years . |
| 26 | Len had n't spoken for some time . |
| 27 | You had n't spoken for some time . |
| 28 | He explained his vision of primacy stemmed from the way the Pope can sometimes speak for all Christians in a way that no other bishop can . |
| 29 | A letter to a Front soldier from a citizen of Görlitz in late June or early July 1940 undoubtedly spoke for many in stating that , following the ‘ unimaginably great ’ events which had been seen each week in the newsreels , ‘ we will never be able to thank the Führer and brave army enough for sparing us at home the horrors of war ’ , and that an ‘ immensely great ’ future awaited Germany ‘ in the construction of Europe after the final victory ’ . |
| 30 | Henry Porter doubtless spoke for many when he wrote recently in the Guardian : ‘ Little in the post-war years of decline in Britain has prepared us for the deep sense of unease now being experienced by its people . |