Example sentences of "talk of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if we talk of the head or the brain as the locality of thought , this is using the expression ‘ locality of thinking ’ in a different sense … |
| 2 | Britain never developed this idea of popular sovereignty in constitutional terms , even if we sometimes talk of the sovereignty of the electorate in political terms . |
| 3 | We talk of the monarchy as something there , er gossom , the gossip columnist go to town , they 've got the tourists coming to see the monarchy , to see the novelty , the attraction and all the rest of it . |
| 4 | " You talk of the shareholders in Paris as though you yourself owned no shares in the plantation , " he said slightingly . |
| 5 | He suggests that the totem animal is the father , which many peoples show when they talk of the totem animal as their ancestor . |
| 6 | It is on this account that we talk of the baby 's right to life , much as we would of a normal adult . |