Example sentences of "talk [prep] the [n mass] " in BNC.

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1 Mr. Kent replied that the nurse was wrong to talk about the staff improving the quality of health care .
2 Mr Walden says he 's received numerous letters since the Iraqi invasion two months ago , and felt it important to take the opportunity to talk with the people he represents .
3 If so , it might be an idea to talk to the people who not only insure aeroplanes , but fly them as well !
4 There 's things that we are doing like I 've been told by a couple of people this evening the autumn programme they think it 's very good very progressive very enjoyable I thi that that to me that reinforces the autumn programme by several people so people who here are people here this evening feel they we say something about what is n't on the agenda or what is on the agenda but I think that 's what the meetings for but I do n't think it 's a bad exercise to talk to the people who actually pay come in the building I mean I think that 's a valid exercise .
5 It really is vitally important for the creative people to see your factory , try out your hotel or visit your shops or warehouses ; to talk to the people who make or devise your product , whatever it is , as well as to those who sell it .
6 And I think governments would do well to talk to the people at the sharp end , like magistrates , who use this system , work the system , liaise with all the various components in the system and do know what they 're talking about .
7 I agree but I think that anybody who speaks in public , you have nervousness beforehand and the moment you go to talk to the people you know what you 're going to say , you have a few notes in front of you and you talk to the people , if that is your job .
8 The press also quite like to talk to the people who are actually doing the business .
9 A landed proprietor himself — he inherited 27000 acres on Cranborne Chase , in Dorset — he was in a position to talk to the gentry as an equal , and he certainly had ample force of personality .
10 Then into the playroom for a chat with the birds , numerous visits to the corridor to talk to the fish and feed it two grains of fish food at a time .
11 Mr Lee , who came to Orkney after ten years working in Scotland , in both Highland and Grampian Regions , was reluctant to talk to the media .
12 Although Prabhakar has declined to talk to the media until after she is confirmed by the US Senate , three years ago she described her job at DARPA as one of ‘ making sure that things happen .
13 In spare half-hours he would wander in the market-place and streets and shops of Bishop Auckland and talk with the people .
14 Talk to the people now committed to handling workwear brands for Britain and Europe , and you get convincing answers to all of the above , and more .
15 I was thinking of ethnography , which means you have to immerse yourself in the situation and talk to the people involved like an anthropologist would .
16 and you could go and look at the local one and talk to the people there and see what they 're doing and
17 Yep , and erm the minute the nine nine nine calls come in , the staff at the Control Room there deal with them er erm they record the call , they , they talk to the people , they take the message , they erm call out the fire appliance , they inform the firemen where to go , they er show them where to go if , if they ca n't find their way , they direct them and then they process the whole problem until the job is ended .
18 I agree but I think that anybody who speaks in public , you have nervousness beforehand and the moment you go to talk to the people you know what you 're going to say , you have a few notes in front of you and you talk to the people , if that is your job .
19 Eildon Housing complained bitterly because it was not allowed to contact the 1,300 tenants or even talk to the media about its bid .
20 People want to see , feel , touch and hear what they are buying and talk to the sales assistants in person .
21 Talk to the staff .
22 Lyle Shelton in Bearcat Rare Bear started people talking about the 500mph mark , with a winning average speed of 481mph .
23 No I mean , I 'm talking about the people who are not actually er , you know
24 We 're talking about the people who died in the first world war .
25 I ai n't , no we 're talking about the people who are getting in the van .
26 Closed systems , black boxes , text formats , oh what 's this , oh yes , this was talking about the people you put in .
27 US West Inc , which last week was talking about the multimedia database system it is developing with Oracle Corp ( CI No 2,166 ) , is stepping up its commitment to infotainment by agreeing to pay $2,500m for a 25% stake in Time Warner Inc 's Time Warner Entertainment affiliate — in which Toshiba Corp and Japanese trader Itochu Corp each has a stake — to seal a deal under which the two companies will collaborate to develop electronic superhighways — full-service cable networks offering interactive programming , entertainment and information .
28 I travelled the West Somerset from end to end on East Saturday and I attended the ARPS dinner on the Great Central Railway the following weekend , but these events were jollies — the value of which lay in the opportunity of meeting one 's colleagues from other preserved railways and talking with the staff and volunteers of those that we visited .
29 He might have been talking to the sheep when he said softly :
30 No I think I think it 's it 's it 's a valid point to say that the trust should be talking to the people that actually use the building .
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