Example sentences of "was speak at [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Mbeki was speaking at a meeting of the South Africa Coalition , a broad grouping of British organisations trying to change British policy over South Africa . |
2 | He was speaking at a press conference in Dublin following the decision by the Irish Republic 's Director of Public Prosecutions on Thursday not to bring a case under the 1976 Criminal Law Jurisdiction Act , allowing prosecutions in the Republic for offences allegedly committed in Britain . |
3 | The following night , I was speaking at a transport dinner in London and found myself sitting two or three down from a general . |
4 | He was speaking at a Reading University dairy information systems ( DAISY ) meeting held for veterinary surgeons . |
5 | Rutter , who was speaking at a conference organised by CLEAR , the anti-lead group , went on to question the way committees such as the Lawther committee are set up . |
6 | The Right Reverend Philip Goodrich , Bishop of Worcester , was speaking at a conference on the future of marriage . |
7 | He was speaking at a lunch organised by the Industrial Development Board for leading businessmen in the Province , and his words went down well . |
8 | Lowry was speaking at a conference of " nuclear-free " local authorities , which called for a halt to the import and processing of all foreign radioactive waste , pending a public investigation into the government 's strategy on nuclear waste . |
9 | She was speaking at a conference looking at problems facing the countryside . |
10 | Mr Patten was speaking at a Newspapers In Education conference in Bristol , which is looking at ways of getting children involved with their local paper at an early age . |
11 | He was speaking at a press conference at Conwy at which the message to flood victims was : ‘ Do n't go home until you ring our Helpline . ’ |
12 | Mr John Edmonds , general secretary of the GMB , was speaking at a press conference given by Mr Alan Milburn , the Labour candidate for the town . |
13 | Sir Graham was speaking at a meeting in Edinburgh to debate the future of science in Britain . |
14 | Mrs Jones , who is a director of the poppy factory , was speaking at a ceremony at Southampton on board Sea Princess , whose P&O sister ship , Canberra , took part in the Falklands conflict . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | Dr Kohl was speaking at the end of a two-day visit to Dresden — his first official trip to East Germany — which left him clearly pleased with his reception and warm response to his striving for German unity . |
17 | Landau was speaking at the announcement of Rhône-Poulenc 's 1991 results in Manchester , where he revealed a 3.2 per cent increase in net profits to FFr 2004m ( £1 = FFr 9.5 ) , and a 6.9 per cent rise in turnover to FFr 83817m . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Conti , of Hampstead , north London , was speaking at the unveiling of the BBC 's £27 million package of films , comedy and drama to pull in viewers over the festive period . |
20 | He was speaking at the Age Resource Awards ceremony in London where he mixed up three of the commendations , much to the amusement of the mainly elderly audience . |
21 | She was speaking at the home of Sergeant Major Cross 's parents , Arthur and Joy , in Little Hulton , near Bolton , Greater Manchester . |
22 | He was speaking at the end of an interesting day when 160 people — the Bishop , 21 priests and parishioners from all parts of the diocese — met at St Benedict 's School , Upton Wirral . |
23 | He was speaking at the publication of National 's ‘ pathfinder prospectus ’ which forecasts a turnaround from last year 's £1.24m loss to £6.5m profits to end December . |
24 | She was speaking at the launch of this year 's Royal British Legion poppy appeal in Southampton . |
25 | She was speaking at the Howdon Tennis Centre in Eden ridge , Kent , at the 20th stop of the adidas Challenge , a series of winter tournaments aimed at bringing countrywide competition in the winter months to British youngsters . |
26 | She was speaking at the launch of Opportunity 2000 at the Ulster Bank 's offices in Donegall Place . |
27 | Howe was speaking at the launch of a community woodland scheme on an old colliery site in Swadlincote , Derbyshire . |
28 | She was speaking at the end of the inquiry into the death of Jean Cook , of Bridgecastle Road , Armadale , who fell out of bed in hospital twice within seven hours in March last year . |
29 | 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 . |
30 | 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 . |