Example sentences of "speak at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence Woodward , director of Elm Farm Research Centre , a small newly formed charity set up to research and develop organic agriculture , wrote to Prince Charles asking if he would speak at the first organic food conference to be held in Cirencester in January 1983 . |
| 2 | The latest speakers to be firmed up for the conference are David Pascall , chairman of the National Curriculum Council , who will speak at the general assembly session on The New Generation — A Strategy for Reading , and Simon Lang of the Henley Centre for Forecasting , who will be a speaker at the general assembly on The Future of the Book . |
| 3 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 4 | How do you make sure that everyone does n't speak at the same time ? " |
| 5 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 6 | Speaking at the second full discussion of the ‘ Delors Two ’ budget among the 12 foreign ministers , Mr Garel-Jones said the increase was unnecessary in view of the extra cash already available . |
| 7 | Khrushchev , speaking at the Romanian Communist Party Congress in June of that year , attacked the Chinese leadership by name . |
| 8 | Mr Polyakov was speaking at the Soviet Embassy School , where Russian schoolchildren had a preview of the books that will be available in the Soviet Union from next month . |
| 9 | Speaking at the 1989 BEMAS Annual Conference , Martin Davies , Director of NCC , referred back to the early gloom and outrage , but then went on to say : ‘ What is remarkable is how little dissent and how little opposition there is now the overwhelming majority have accepted the idea of a National Curriculum . ’ |
| 10 | Intel Corp president and chief executive Andy Grove was in Japan last week speaking at the Downsizing Japan conference in Makuhari , near Tokyom , and delivered a few comments about the future of the industry in which Intel is such as major player , and about semiconductors as a trade issue . |
| 11 | SPEAKING at the annual meeting of the Diocesan Vestment Guild following the Thanksgiving Mass in the Cathedral , Mrs Barbary Boyes , secretary and treasurer for the past 42 years , gave her account of some of the Guild 's activities and achievements over the past century . |
| 12 | Speaking at the annual general meeting of the British Association of Mountain Guides at the Ulswater Hotel , Collister lamented the way guides in the alps had over equipped routes for their own convenience at the expense of the clients share in the adventure . |
| 13 | Speaking at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) , he quoted a recent study which indicated that the ratio of exports to imports of environmental technology had fallen from 8:1 to 1:1 in the 1980s . |
| 14 | Speaking at the annual speech day , Nigel Thorne , headmaster of Rydal school in Colwyn , said he was increasingly concerned at what was happening to the education system which was faced with a ‘ testing monolith ’ . |
| 15 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 16 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , reportedly issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 17 | Speaking at the recent Logistics 92 conference on the Canberra , he claimed rail could still not compete with road when it came to transporting packaged goods . |
| 18 | He was speaking at the new driving standards agency in Nottingham . |
| 19 | Dr Pentreath , speaking at the European Study Conference in London , said the teeth of the NRA were likely to be drawn by the bill before the organisation has a chance to use them . |
| 20 | He was speaking at the official launch of KPMG 's new Gatwick base — the latest location in the firm 's regional network of offices throughout the south-east counties of Surrey , Sussex and Kent . |
| 21 | Mr McKee , speaking at the official launching ceremony , said the Royal had a crucial role to play in the provision of health care , not just for the local community but for people from throughout the province . |
| 22 | Mr Smillie was speaking at the official promotion of ScottishPower 's ‘ Carefree Register ’ for elderly and disabled customers who require special treatment by the company , from meter readings and payment of bills to special reliance on power for such things as dialysis machines . |
| 23 | He was speaking at the official launch of ‘ BackUp ’ , a befriending scheme designed to help Wirral children and young people going through difficult periods in their lives , yesterday afternoon . |
| 24 | Chris Young , SSFA chairman , speaking at the Scottish Fish Farming Conference in Glasgow , said : ‘ Hopefully there will be some money flowing shortly . |
| 25 | Speaking at the British International Motor Show , Ford of Britain chairman , Derek Barron , predicted 2.02 million sales for 1990 . |
| 26 | Speaking at the British Nutrition Foundation conference , he pointed out that ‘ natural ’ is not necessarily synonymous with safety and he sounded a note of caution about the trend towards ‘ health ’ foods . |
| 27 | The Leader of the Council , Eric Pickles , speaking at the Tory Conference in 1988 , had promised that these reforms would place the customer first and that Labour would be swept from control of the cities and Town Halls . |
| 28 | The City Engineer of Birmingham , H.J. Manzoni , speaking at the 1941 Conference of the Town and Country Planning Association ( under its new name , the ‘ Garden City ’ appellation having been discarded ) described the problems of large-scale redevelopment under existing legislation . |
| 29 | Ramiz Alia , President of Albania and first secretary of the ruling Party of Labour , speaking at the 10th plenum of the party 's central committee in Tirana on April 17 , declared an end to opposition to diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union and with the United States . |
| 30 | Thomas Orme of the American Council on Science and Health , speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science , Chicago , 1992 . |