Example sentences of "[be] [adv] speak [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hans Keller pointed out many years ago that , while the three preludial " interludes " are broadly speaking of a generic nature , setting the scene and mood for when the curtain rises , the three mid-act interludes have more specifically psychological connotations , telling us something about the state of the dramatic action and particularly about Grimes himself . |
| 2 | ‘ We are still speaking about a transition period , and our most important tasks is to shorten that transition ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is often spoken by a presenter who may never appear on the screen but is heard partly or entirely as " voice over " . |
| 5 | This emerged as the consensus view on the juvenile ‘ crime wave ’ of the 1930s , and The Times was also speaking for a wide consensus when it suggested in a lead article that , ‘ It is a good and wise rule that , as far as possible , delinquent children ought to be left at home . ’ |
| 6 | Tweed was now speaking in a normal detached tone . |