Example sentences of "speak [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three tries in four championship matches , and those against a weak defence , does not speak much for potential in the Scottish backs . |
| 2 | If those with inside knowledge of the facts did n't speak up for Britain , who the hell would ? |
| 3 | Yet Carrie dared not speak out for fear they would question her reasons , and she was not clear about them herself . |
| 4 | I have never understood why she was criticised by the Opposition for speaking up for Britain , but I am not exactly clear about their present position , except that they seem to be claiming that they can negotiate better conditions than the Government , despite their failure when in government in 1975 to negotiate proper terms for our entry . |
| 5 | Just as his late father was reviled in Forres for siding with the Boers fourteen years before , so John was mocked and jeered for speaking up for peace . |
| 6 | The council says that it is speaking up for smokers . |
| 7 | At once CAMRA declared itself as both a consumer and a conservationist watchdog , speaking up for citizens as well as consumers against the abuses inflicted on one of our best national traditions . |
| 8 | Robin Corbett , who was speaking up for animals from the opposition front bench in the fox-hunting debate , had a bitter experience of his own concerning the animal-lovers ' vote . |
| 9 | He must be made to realise that she was speaking up for Kirsty 's sake , that she was not motivated by personal spite . |
| 10 | To contend under these circumstances that Jesus was a feminist , or that he spoke out for women , must imply a very low estimate of what being a feminist ( or speaking out for women ) might mean . |
| 11 | A course on speaking out for women is designed to help develop confidence to speak at meetings . |
| 12 | Yes , well , when one has spoken out for freedom against dictatorship there are other people gunning for one . |
| 13 | That stereotype speaks less for women 's liberation than a society which treats children as a disruptive influence , a social nuisance . |
| 14 | ‘ Lamont listless in economic debate ’ ; ‘ Tebbit given cold shoulder by blind Tory ’ and ‘ Amess speaks up for Essex man ’ were some examples of their headlines . |
| 15 | PRINCE Charles came under furious criticism from MPs last night after he spoke up for France 's rioting farmers . |
| 16 | But Milne spoke up for Moore . |
| 17 | Once again the Adjutant spoke up for Charles . |
| 18 | To contend under these circumstances that Jesus was a feminist , or that he spoke out for women , must imply a very low estimate of what being a feminist ( or speaking out for women ) might mean . |
| 19 | In April , however , Chancellor Helmut Kohl spoke out for Berlin . |
| 20 | That was bad for newspapers and bad for the Council : but , worst of all , it meant that there was no independent body able to speak up for press freedoms under threat . |
| 21 | That was bad for newspapers and bad for the Council : but , worst of all , it meant that there was no independent body able to speak up for press freedoms under threat . |
| 22 | Pray every day that God will fill you with the Holy Spirit so that you have more courage to speak up for Jesus . |
| 23 | But you ca n't do everything all at once , so start with just one thing — maybe your attitude to teachers , or your willingness to speak up for Jesus : whatever is a problem for you at the moment — and get stuck into sorting that one thing out . |
| 24 | At the end of 1854 another Slavophile , Iurii Samarin , went so far as to speak up for peasants who murdered their landlords . |