Example sentences of "[be] speak [prep] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Lewis-Bruno has been spoken of as a fight which will gross £18 million , but that 's wide of the mark . |
| 2 | He was beginning to be spoken of as a promising student who would be offered a lectureship at the end of the course . |
| 3 | We are in the Scotland of TB , pneumonia and drink , in which sex is spoken of as a matter of men attacking women . |
| 4 | Often love is spoken of as a loss — of individuality , independence or space . |
| 5 | In his confrontation with the West over Suez and his arousing of Arab nationalism to confront the intrusive Western position in the Middle East , he was spoken of as a modern-day Salah al-Din . |