Example sentences of "[noun sg] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | So if you would usually start the programme with the address from the mayor at 9.30am , consider having the mayor speak at a breakfast at 8am and then give everyone a two-hour break from 11am to have a sight-seeing walk or shopping session before returning for lunch . |
| 2 | A lawyer speaking for the families said they would be appealing against the Place of Safety orders , and that the appeal would be heard the following day in Kirkwall Sheriff Court . |
| 3 | The witness speaks to the accused , whereby the witness has an opportunity of recognizing the thieves and the animal with its brandmarks . ’ |
| 4 | Each sovereign speaks with a single voice , though not in harmony with other sovereigns . |
| 5 | In commenting on the enabling function of the tribunal , the research study speaks of the heavy burden placed on the tribunal of eliciting all the relevant information about the case and applying the law to the facts in an impartial and objective manner . |
| 6 | The Old Testament speaks of a stone raised by Jacob on the spot where he experienced a mystic vision ; Jacob worshipped the stone and anointed it with oil . |
| 7 | In his novels Nizan speaks with a forked tongue ; he uses two different languages , two different voices within each narrative site , one political and historical , the other literary and metaphysical : |
| 8 | While this was taking place , the deputy mayor spoke about the tradition and said he was sure Councillor Roland Simpson , who was about to take up his second year of office , would soon be discovered . |
| 9 | The 6ft 10ins Northampton and England lock spoke for the forwards when he said : ‘ Our backs can run rings round New Zealand . |
| 10 | A contemporary critic spoke of the " low tone " of de St. Croix 's Daguerreotypes . |
| 11 | Until the eighteenth century , religion was the only force to speak to the central concerns of human beings , the only explanation for human suffering which was available . |
| 12 | What might it mean in practice to speak of a gene as having an extended phenotypic effect on the world outside the body in which it sits ? |
| 13 | He was on his way to Roedean in another cab to fulfil an engagement to speak to the girls of the sixth form . |
| 14 | It is always a pleasure to speak in the same debate as the hon. Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) . |
| 15 | As I said , it is a pleasure to speak in the debate , despite the rhetoric and the attempt to whip up the masses outside the House by saying that the Labour party comprises anti-patriotic pacifists . |
| 16 | It is a pleasure to speak in the debate , although it is a little depressing that some hon. Members should despair of finding any real answers to the problem . |
| 17 | While Mr Forte had reservations about the lengthy name of the congress , he hoped it would lead to a structure which should enable the industry to speak with a single voice on many issues . |
| 18 | Instead Sumner went with various other senators , representatives and the President , Johnson , to hear Hall speak in the largest Presbyterian Church in Washington . |
| 19 | This is precisely what has been happening in recent years , to such an extent that we can without exaggeration speak of a ‘ committals explosion ’ in addition to the remand explosion which we have just outlined . |
| 20 | If you are an onlooker speak to the victim/employer . |
| 21 | That members of the Committee speak through the Chair . |
| 22 | A colour brochure I picked up in the hall speaks of the ‘ 27 acres of secluded grounds with magnificent views over the Moray Firth and the Ross-shire hills beyond … imposing combination of Georgian and Scottish Baronial architecture … four course table d'hôte menu of very high class plus an à la carte menu including a range of steaks charcoal grilled … ’ : no mention of David Thomson . |
| 23 | At the time of utterance , four months before the time I am writing of , the beneficent lady speaks of the future , shall have her chance . |
| 24 | Rudder speaks of the manor being given to Flaxley Abbey by the Earl of Hereford , and that the ‘ Abbat had a grant of an iron forge and of two oaks every week out of the Forest of Dean , for the maintenance of the forge , of King Henry the Second ’ . |
| 25 | At Blenheim in July 1912 Law spoke to a mass rally of English Unionists , including over a hundred MPs , and made his commitment to Ulster absolutely specific . |
| 26 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
| 27 | The 1976 act spoke of a person who died from ‘ personal injuries sustained by him ’ and Lord McCluskey said : ‘ In my view it is clear that the whole phrase is perfectly apt to include injuries inflicted to the person of a child immediately before his birth and continuing to have their effects on him by impairing his physical condition at and after the time of his birth . |
| 28 | The Councillor in question spoke to the meeting , but the Chairman ruled that the issue of closure could not be raised , as the meeting was considering only the Secretary of State 's request for comments . |
| 29 | At any rate , it would be an exaggeration to speak of a collapse of militancy , or to infer that over the long term workers ' resistance can not be maintained . |
| 30 | In 1982 , on the basis of some survey evidence , Samuel Beer concluded that " it is no exaggeration to speak of the decline in the civic culture as a " collapse " " . |