Example sentences of "[pron] speak for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 2 | ‘ As your commanding officer , I 'm the senior member of the Board and I speak for the others . |
| 3 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 4 | I speak for the first time . |
| 5 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 6 | The Commercial Farmers Union , which speaks for the 4,300 white farmers , says that too much resettlement could endanger Zimbabwe 's special status as an African country that can feed itself . |
| 7 | But as well as providing services , it 's also the council which speaks for the whole county . |
| 8 | By this I mean that those who identify themselves with the cause of animal welfare are increasingly those who speak for the commercial animal agriculture community , the bio-medical community , the hunting and trapping communities , and so on . |
| 9 | Most messages about the significance of the TVEI programme for the education of younger children come from the secondary sector or from those who speak for the ministries , either of Employment or of Education and Science . |
| 10 | The two issues at the heart of the disagreement are those which have killed at birth any attempt in the past dozen years to address the Palestinian question : Who speaks for the Palestinians and what are the limits of the Palestinian problem ? |
| 11 | Mr Hicks , who speaks for the bereaved and injured as chairman of the Hillsborough Families ' Association , was also unhappy to see the stadium host a semi-final again while the business from 1989 remained uncompleted . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the Bill was vetoed by a Labour Whip although , since then , I note that , in The Guardian , the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) , who speaks for the Labour party on education , said : ’ Let a thousand league-tables bloom . ’ |
| 13 | Here she speaks for the first time about her ordeal to Margaret Hall . |
| 14 | I learnt that Roy Hattersley and Gwyneth Dunwoody , who spoke for the Opposition on health , had claimed at Labour 's morning press conference that they had a ‘ leaked ’ copy of a secret Health Department report planning the privatization of the service . |
| 15 | Similarly Dr Jim O'Neill , a heart specialist who spoke for the objectors , said that there was no doubt that the factory would have an effect on the health of a small number of workers and local residents . |
| 16 | Shelley was a poet who spoke for the people . |
| 17 | She spoke for the first time since luncheon began : " Darling , your spinach , please . " |
| 18 | And she said she spoke for the two other chip shop owners in the town in rebutting the charges . |
| 19 | By mutual consent , it seemed , they spoke for the rest of the meal of anything but the one topic that was on both their minds . |
| 20 | The inference in his letter is that he speaks for the Council of the National Union of which he is chairman . |
| 21 | Though these were the words of Lercaro , there was no doubt he spoke for the pope . |
| 22 | He spoke for the people of Neath and west Glamorgan , as he always does . |