Example sentences of "speak [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That members of the Committee speak through the Chair . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | And , of course , as children erm , er so I think I can speak for the rest of the children around the base , the erm cigarettes , er not cigarettes , beg your pardon |
| 4 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 5 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 6 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 7 | We must speak for the majority that opposed the return of John Major 's government . |
| 8 | Later , my mother told me they had to lip read : they could n't hear each other speak for the noise of the looms . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ Ca n't speak for the food , that 's Kay 's department , but I think I can promise that the tipple will be up to par . ’ |
| 11 | Bishop John thinks that he and the archdeacons are adequately paid ( their stipends are £20,350 and £16,930 respectively ) , ‘ but I would n't dare speak for the parish clergy . ’ |
| 12 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 14 | She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart . |
| 15 | I turn to defence and security issues , and speak as the leader of the United Kingdom delegation to the Western European Union and to the Council of Europe . |
| 16 | Im sure i speak for the rest of us on the list , but Id like to thank halvard for all this gossip/info from Norway etc . |
| 17 | I will probably widen the scope a little and speak for the list … so if there are any questions loosely related to the topic of transfers and mid-long term strategy etc … forward them to me so i can compile a list . |
| 18 | I will probably widen the scope a little and speak for the list … so if there are any questions loosely related to the topic of transfers and mid-long term strategy etc … forward them to me so i can compile a list . |
| 19 | Get out and speak for the organization today , and be honest . |
| 20 | They spent the day chanting and dancing , and when they came to walk and climb they could be heard speaking Chinese , a language none of them could speak during the rest of the year . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Er , I think there are certain papers well further down er , the agenda that , that might be taken to P A G as well , in relation to capital programmes , so if , if we can possibly speak about the generality of the capital programme because I think the idea is that it goes to P A G for refinements . |
| 23 | We did not only speak about the service , but also about other aspects of ecumenism concerning our local community . |
| 24 | You may have heard people speak about the loss of brain cells as we get older but , as Tony Buzan , expert in the working of the human mind , writes in his book Make the Most of Your Mind : |
| 25 | IN THE recent report of the Church of England 's Doctrine Commission , We Believe in God , the doctrine of divine impassibility , that God can not suffer , is described as ‘ the most venerable theological position ’ and so it has generally been when Christians have endeavoured to think or speak about the nature of their God . |
| 26 | There 's very few who 'll speak about the Curtain I think now cos they speak about the hotel , but we say the Curtain of Glen Ayloch And then and then further down was Dyke Ends and that was our lower end of the glen , so that was there . |
| 27 | One of the most fundamental questions which has been posed is whether we can properly speak about the drama as writing . |
| 28 | There 's very few who 'll speak about the Curtain I think now cos they speak about the hotel , but we say the Curtain of Glen Ayloch And then and then further down was Dyke Ends and that was our lower end of the glen , so that was there . |
| 29 | A common denominator both of these critiques and of positivism and natural law theories , is that most of them speak about the law — even if this is seen to have many facets . |
| 30 | To reject the ways of Christianity up till now because we think we are more enlightened , is to begin to throw doubt on our belief that God does speak through the Bible and the teaching of the Church . |