Example sentences of "speak for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clegg , in the first novel , is obsessed from the beginning , after he has heard Miranda speak for the first time , he says ‘ It haunted me . |
| 2 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | A Protestant woman , naturally , I do n't speak for the other sort . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard also says that Menchu ‘ does not speak for the Mayan Indians of Guatemala ’ . |
| 7 | The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided . |
| 8 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ And , ’ continued the badger ceremoniously , ‘ I am sure I speak for the entire population in wishing you all the very best in driving away this menace in our midst . |
| 11 | I think I speak for the vast majority of the environmental health committee when I say that the abatement and noise pollution has been one of our ongoing major concerns in things for the last twelve months . |
| 12 | I speak for the first time . |
| 13 | By this I mean that those who identify themselves with the cause of animal welfare are increasingly those who speak for the commercial animal agriculture community , the bio-medical community , the hunting and trapping communities , and so on . |
| 14 | By June 1937 the National Council of Labour , effectively speaking for the Labour Party , decided to reverse its Edinburgh policy and to oppose non-intervention . |
| 15 | It is also clear that in the last two weeks the whole country , as it heard different voices and different noises , has wondered who is speaking for the Labour party . |
| 16 | ‘ Speaking for the Labour Party — ’ |
| 17 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 18 | At that moment the priest , speaking for the first time , intervened . |
| 19 | The £2.5 million England striker , speaking for the first time since being charged with misconduct by the Football Association over the incident , said the furore surrounding his disciplinary problems was ‘ getting beyond a joke ’ . |
| 20 | Speaking for the first time publicly about the death of Leonora , five , Lady Romsey praises Charles for his ‘ incredible caring and understanding . ’ |
| 21 | " We could n't find nothin , " said Butterworth , speaking for the first time , bolder now that the truth was out . |
| 22 | ‘ Light , ’ he said , speaking for the first time , ‘ t'light 's low . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Is that what she really said ? ’ asked Dexter , speaking for the first time , not believing a word of what Lancaster had said . |
| 24 | Your friend awaits you , I think , ’ he added , nodding towards the courtyard where Iris was standing beside Melissa 's car , and speaking for the first time in faultless English instead of French . |
| 25 | Speaking for the first time Vicky is now disillusioned with the man she once thought was a prophet and is writing a book about it . |
| 26 | ‘ Tell us the truth , ’ said Owen , speaking for the first time . |
| 27 | She 's been speaking for the first time on camera following her release from prison , exclusively to Central News . |
| 28 | Speaking for the first time since the tragedy Kevin Larkin told the Echo : ‘ Jean was young and innocent . |
| 29 | On leaving Apple , Steve Jobs was described as ‘ its heart and soul ’ ( Patterson , 1985 ) and Lévesque was seen as speaking for the little people of Quebec , the average French Canadians whom he loved . |
| 30 | Speaking for the British Veterinary Association , Neil King , its president , felt that the joint proposals represented a sensible middle ground . |