Example sentences of "[not/n't] speak [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , I did not speak on the second reading of this Bill , because I spoke extremely critically on in the debate on the White Paper o on er May the 26th last year , but er I would therefore like to er commence by joining with my Right Honourable Friend Lord Whitelaw because I was so critical , in welcoming the changes which the Home Secretary has now proposed . |
| 2 | It would be odd if they did , since feminists , like philosophers , do not speak with a single voice . |
| 3 | But at the moment , I can not speak with the same feeling of achievement about caring for er , elderly , the elderly relative , whereas I think I can say with conviction we 've done quite a lot for those with small children . |
| 4 | Finally , it seems most plausible to suppose that this enforcement operated within very strict limits , so that we should not speak of a general power of enforcement of modus for public purposes . |
| 5 | ‘ Let's not speak of the other night , shall we ? ’ she said coolly . |
| 6 | I do not speak of the substance of the matter because so many of us have some doubts about the substance of it and we shall come to that later , but erm it does seem to me that er we had to get rid of erm sections two , two A and three of the Police Act nineteen sixty four as amended and that clearly doing so here and erm er er I I think that this is an improvement as a result on the laws that er present appears on the Statute Book . |
| 7 | Roger Kenyon started slightly , but he did not speak for a moment . |
| 8 | James Ross did not speak for a minute . |
| 9 | ‘ Was n't that terrific ? ’ she turned to Ven to eagerly exclaim — and felt her heart begin to race yet again when , his expression somehow gentle , he did not speak for a moment but just stood and looked at her . |
| 10 | ‘ I can not speak for the other 33 countries who are not here , but as for me , I would say if this happened in 1990 it would be good , ’ he added . |
| 11 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 12 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 13 | Bill Clinton , writhing amid the dilemma that most of his election campaign has been an attempt to persuade the white middle class that he does most emphatically not speak for the poor or the coloured , announced , after much shilly-shallying , that ‘ We have refused to confront our differences … and for this neglect , we have all paid . ’ |
| 14 | I think it is very important for those outside America to understand that , like myself , the media and people of Los Angeles do not speak for the rest of the country . |
| 15 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard also says that Menchu ‘ does not speak for the Mayan Indians of Guatemala ’ . |
| 16 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
| 17 | Cynthia could not speak for the sobs that now came from her throat . |
| 18 | ‘ I can not speak for the gods , but for myself I say this . |
| 19 | The count 's cold voice and his return to formality assured Maggie that he had seen this small action and now he sat beside her with a set look on his face that told her he might very well not speak for the whole of the journey . |
| 20 | The most important thing — of course — was being seen with the right people , and the Mirza Nama opens with a salutary warning : ‘ He [ the mirza ] must not speak to every unworthy person , and should regard men of his own class as the only [ fit ] companions [ for him ] . ’ |
| 21 | Now , we can not speak to the government , but we can speak to you . ’ |
| 22 | l9 Moreover , the kairos approach can not speak to the fact of an all-male priesthood ( which God is supposed to have given to His church and to have been adequate in past ages ) precisely having been one of the factors making for the secondary position of women in society . |
| 23 | It clearly exposes the weakness that is at the heart of Labour 's inspection policy , and demonstrates that the hon. Member for Blackburn does not speak to the hon. Member for Leeds , Central . |
| 24 | He gagged on the sourness so that he could not speak into the telephone . |
| 25 | ‘ You did not speak about the Royal Academy if you pretended to be interested in modern art , ’ said one young critic . |
| 26 | Since Thresher suspended Mr Newton and Mr Onanuga with the stern warning that they must not speak about the affair , the pair have been hiding . |
| 27 | He did not speak in the room , allowing his clothes to fall on to the floor in the darkness , waiting for some stir or sign from Rose , but the only sound in the room was the brushing of his own clothes falling in the darkness . |
| 28 | We did not speak in the corridors there , indeed after nine o'clock at night we did not speak at all . |
| 29 | A recent issue of American Cosmopolitan had an even more blatant example : an article ( patronisingly titled ‘ Why not speak like a grown-up ? ’ ) listed various things for women to avoid when speaking in work settings , including tag questions , rising intonation and high pitch , because these things undermine a speaker 's perceived authority . |
| 30 | In response to the charge and his name and address he merely nodded and did not speak throughout the hearing . |