Example sentences of "speak of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The words also speak of the joy and fun of friendship , of looking into a pool of knowledge , of drinking and lastly of a tender farewell . |
| 2 | As we might speak of the culture of the Hebrides , or as W. H. Rivers wrote of the culture of Melanesia , so we speak of the culture of the European West to describe a set of outlooks , aims and ways of life , which has a history in the past of Europe and has spread to other parts of the world . |
| 3 | But even the most rudimentary reading of his many surviving letters will reveal passages which speak of the pleasures of reading with or to Mrs Moore . |
| 4 | Consider , he says , that when we speak of the existence of a sensible thing we mean that we are perceiving it by various of our senses , or could perceive it were we suitably placed . |
| 5 | We speak of the ‘ sacrifices ’ we make for one another — that notion rings many bells . |
| 6 | Our chosen passages speak of the time between fulfilment and fulfilment . |
| 7 | Several other first-century texts speak of the two ‘ orders ’ of bishop and deacon ; the title bishop is also applied to people called presbyters . |
| 8 | Moreover , when we speak of the perceived function of reformed monasteries , we do not mean primarily their economic functions as efficient optimizers of agrarian wealth , or even their cultivation of knowledge and production of books . |
| 9 | Moreover , before we speak of the transfer of powers , we should remember that these men were not nineteenth-century constitutional lawyers , any more than they were eleventh-century papal reformers . |
| 10 | The young women in this book speak of the importance in their lives of their self-image ; how they feel about their changing bodies , the judgements that they are aware of from others and from themselves , their enjoyment of dressing to ‘ make a statement ’ , the way they want to challenge stereotypes about themselves , the pleasures of looking good on their own terms . |
| 11 | All Waimea veterans speak of the outer reefs as the next frontier : the majestic ‘ cloud breaks ’ that erupt a mile and more from shore where the Aleutian juice is pure and unadulterated and waves even bigger than those at Waimea can , theoretically , be surfed . |
| 12 | These pictures speak of the kind of movement that implies progress and therefore appeals to us . |
| 13 | Ministers speak of the ‘ delivery ’ of the National Curriculum as though it were a manufactured product , just needing to be packaged in the schools . |
| 14 | The Rustins ( 1987 , p.2 ) speak of the ‘ truth-bearing quality ’ of children 's books . |
| 15 | ‘ Speak of the devil , ’ said Karen . |
| 16 | Most of us are aware of verses that speak of the sovereignty of God . |
| 17 | I know that if we speak of the ‘ rhythm guitarist ’ as such , the image of a second-rate underdog player springs instantly into view , playing a tiresome , subordinate role to a far more experienced ( and inexcusably vain ) lead player . |
| 18 | All reports speak of the satisfaction of the British troops at finding such an unusual attitude , for most of them have been stung in almost every other theatre of war . |
| 19 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |
| 20 | Far from explaining how judgement arises out of experience , the holder of the impression theory of perception makes the connection inexplicable , whether we speak of the visual experience of a globe , a duck-rabbit , or a Constable painting of a cornfield . |
| 21 | Many headhunters frequently speak of the difficulty of extracting people from such strong corporate cultures as Procter & Gamble , Unilever and IBM . |
| 22 | After their term they never speak of the mysteries they have witnessed . |
| 23 | Although we often speak of the Empire as if it were a single nation , this is not really the case . |
| 24 | ( For some peculiar reason the Boeing company speak of the ‘ chord ’ when referring to what is known in Britain as a ‘ spar boom ’ and for which the standard American expression is ‘ spar cap . ’ |
| 25 | ( When I speak of the value of the whole , I mean what Moore calls its value on the whole , that is the values of its parts plus its value as a whole . ) |
| 26 | It is impossible to describe an organization in behaviour terms ( i.e. processes ) other than momentarily because the processes are always changing ; but when we speak of the processes we freeze that dynamic interaction for a single moment , take a picture , and know that a moment later the picture will be different . |
| 27 | Remember George Seawright when you speak of the brave , |
| 28 | Remember George Seawright when you speak of the brave , |
| 29 | " You speak of the OTC market as if it does n't exist . |
| 30 | If we speak of the stylistic values of a non-literary text , we are interested in the way in which linguistic choices are adapted to communicative function — to such functions as newspaper reporting , advertising , scientific exposition . |