Example sentences of "talk to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at the same time you 've got ta be able to talk to the managing director and have lunch with him and talk about what was on television and what the state of the country is and the economic situation and everything , you know . |
| 2 | Were you allowed to talk to the other girls or anything ? |
| 3 | ‘ My Dad would say to Donleavy , ‘ I think you want to talk to the other Les . ’ |
| 4 | Does your partner demand to talk to the fascinating Italian , potentially a new friend ? |
| 5 | You have to force yourself not to talk to the visual aids and to synchronize your gestures with your main messages . |
| 6 | When investigating an alleged miscarriage of justice , I have always made it a rule first to talk to the convicted man 's trial solicitor as he is likely to be the last man his client would wish to con , or would succeed in conning ii he tried . |
| 7 | So technology has advanced considerably , and what we 've done is to capitalise on the younger engineers and we 've introduced another phase called neighbourhood engineers and this is where we rely on the er goodwill of the firms to actually sa let their seconder engineers sometimes , but certainly let them out into the er into the schools careers convention work places to talk to the actual youngster itself . |
| 8 | This effectively allows any presentation graphics program on the Macintosh to talk to the professional film recorders such as the QCR and beyond by converting the PICT files generated on the Macintosh into the native language of the film recorder . |
| 9 | Against the evidence of the German authorities and the German police , and given that even the Israeli secret service thinks that others may have been involved , would it not at least be a sensible plan to talk to the Arab League about the very serious problem of Lockerbie and at least consider accepting the request to send British and American judges in the first instance to a trial under Libyan law ? |
| 10 | But his confession to Merymose had a positive effect too , because permission was granted to the former scribe to talk to the bereaved families within the palace compound . |
| 11 | Erm , they do , they are , they they have had er , registered disabled employees previously , er , and they are committed in in one ex example of two work experience er children from the St Francis Special School , they take two every year , er for for works experience training , and I do intend to talk to the General Manager and ensure that they are encouraging di disabled people to apply for jobs of that kind . |
| 12 | It quickly became apparent that the BMC Management Committee was antagonistic towards training initiatives and dismissive of the training committee , instead preferring to talk to the external advisory board SACOMT , which contained real climbers and not the self-interested educationalists infesting the training committee . |
| 13 | The children were encouraged to talk to the elderly residents about their own childhoods and life experiences . |
| 14 | He saw from the look that crossed Tuathal 's face that he was understood , even before he himself tossed someone his reins and , dismounting , walked down through the men , rallying them ; stopping to talk to the wounded ; lifting from the food-baskets some bread and a piece of mutton in passing . |
| 15 | I wanted to talk to the famous pianist before his concert . |
| 16 | He likes watching TV with his father and is keen to talk to the latter about the programmes they see together . |
| 17 | He likes watching TV with his father and is keen to talk to the latter about the programmes they see together . |
| 18 | ‘ Wilson is going to talk to the whole school , ’ said Mr Malik . |
| 19 | I was able to talk to the German customer and the people on the floor , who are excessively worried about the number of people coming in from the East , not only East Germany but they 're very , very worried about people coming in from Eastern Europe , and secondly there was so much East European food that was for sale in Germany at very low prices and there 's food that used to go to the Soviet Union . |
| 20 | ‘ We 've talked to the good guys , now we have to talk to the bad guys . |
| 21 | I told him I 'd like to talk to the head man . |
| 22 | In the middle of the negotiations with the Iranians in October 1986 , North mentioned , laughing , that he had managed to talk to the Kuwaiti foreign minister about matters of mutual concern ‘ in my spare time between blowing up Nicaragua ’ . |
| 23 | Another significant contact is developing between the Historical Group and the local primary schools ; the young workers are being invited into the schools to talk to the older primary children about the materials they have collected . |
| 24 | His willingness to talk to the French people on their level was received as a touching gesture rather than a condescending one . |
| 25 | This is the second year in a row that the Opposition leader has claimed to be too busy to talk to the boisterous crew . |
| 26 | He offered to talk to the three Ulster MEPs , one of whom was Mr Ian Paisley , the Democratic Unionists ' leader . |
| 27 | So Dr Losberne went down to the kitchen to talk to the three servants who had surprised Sikes and Oliver during the robbery . |
| 28 | Why does he refuse to talk to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds about licensing to kill birds ? |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not , but I 'm sending Curnow to Carbis Bay to talk to the old man . |
| 30 | A travel company from Thailand has contacted the People 's Committee about the possibility of bringing in tourists , and the governor of the province , An He , is keen to talk to the few foreigners who pass through about his hypothetical Riviera . |