Example sentences of "speaking at a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speaking at a recent Financial Times conference on financial reporting in the UK , Nigel Stapleton of Reed International , chairman of the 100 Group 's technical committee , disclosed that the ASB had received about 100 responses to its draft proposals issued last April . |
| 2 | Michael Forsyth , minister of state for employment , speaking at a recent recruitment industry 's award ceremony , said , ‘ blanket age discrimination and recruitment is absurd , wasteful , and shortsighted . ’ |
| 3 | Speaking at a packed fringe meeting , however , Mr Heseltine urged quick action . |
| 4 | Speaking at a National Society for Clean Air seminar , Barton , head of a Department of Trade and Industry research establishment , warned that high recovery recycling initiatives were unlikely to be implemented if local authorities had to pay for them . |
| 5 | Solar power could become a viable energy source in the near future , rendering fossil fuels obsolete , according to BP research director , John Cadogan , speaking at a Royal Society of Chemistry gathering . |
| 6 | Speaking at a military parade on May 14 to mark Kamuzu Day ( the President 's birthday ) , Banda accused foreigners of inciting the violence . |
| 7 | Wilson , speaking at an Annual Conference almost a quarter of a century later summarised the experience of 1887–1894. " 1887 was a fairly good year . |
| 8 | Mr Smyth was speaking at an economic review seminar in Belfast organised by the Confederation of British Industry and First Trust Bank . |
| 9 | Rod Richards , the Tory MP for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 10 | Rod Richards , the Tory Member for Clwyd North West , was speaking at an impromptu Press conference called during a constituency surgery at Rhyl which had been picketed by a small group of demonstrators objecting to his stance over the issue of pit closures . |
| 11 | Speaking at an international conference in London on the transportation and disposal of hazardous waste on Oct. 4 , 1989 , the European Communities ( EC ) Environment Commissioner , Carlo Ripa Di Meana , said that proposals to make producers of toxic waste liable for the damage and injury they might cause were being drawn up by the EC Commission . |
| 12 | Erm , I 've also received information from the Region , erm with lots of events that 's coming up in the East Anglian Region , erm , just run through those quickly , er , there is a workshop on this Thursday at the Courts , erm , there is on Thursday twelfth of March there is er , somebody from the Columbian committee for human rights speaking at an open meeting , that 's the fifth er , Wednesday first of April there is er somebody called Duncan , he 's a paediatric surgeon who works part time as a volunteer at the Medical Foundation for the Care and Victims of Torture who will be speaking at St. Mary 's and St. Edmunds group , and that , that 's Bury St. Edmunds , and then the next East Anglia Regional Meeting is on Saturday May the twenty third at Bury St. Edmunds again . |
| 13 | Speaking at an open day at the London Chinese Health Resource Centre , she praised the work of Chinese social workers , doctors and nurses in care provision . |
| 14 | The three candidates will be speaking at an open meeting arranged by the Christian Election Forum , on Sunday at 8pm , in Stockton parish church . |
| 15 | Speaking at an Italian scientific conference on climate change , Ripa di Meana also urged the creation of an international UN-style super-fund and an international corps to intervene in environmental emergencies — parallel to the UN 's " blue helmets " . |
| 16 | He knew that he was oversensitive to the timbre of the human voice and hers , although not jarring or unpleasant , sounded a little forced as if she were deliberately speaking at an unnatural pitch . |
| 17 | ‘ Operation Desert Shield ’ , said Brooklyn Congressman Major Owens , speaking at an anti-war press conference one week before the first US bombs rained on Baghdad , ‘ is Bush 's way of shielding public attention from the monstrous thefts in the S&Ls ( Savings & Loan Assocs. ) ; from crumbling bridges , roads and subways ; from deteriorating education and healthcare systems ; and from the growing number of people forced to live and beg on city streets . ’ |