Example sentences of "speak for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Never did I speak for the truth 's sake but for my own … ‘ |
| 2 | ‘ I can not speak for the other 33 countries who are not here , but as for me , I would say if this happened in 1990 it would be good , ’ he added . |
| 3 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 4 | The Egyptians , while insisting that they do not speak for the Palestinians , appear ready to fudge the principle of PLO selection of the Palestinian delegation to ensure Israeli participation . |
| 5 | I ca n't speak for the others , but I do some of it each hour . |
| 6 | ‘ Ca n't speak for the food , that 's Kay 's department , but I think I can promise that the tipple will be up to par . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ No — but I 'm afraid I ca n't speak for the future . ’ |
| 8 | Bill Clinton , writhing amid the dilemma that most of his election campaign has been an attempt to persuade the white middle class that he does most emphatically not speak for the poor or the coloured , announced , after much shilly-shallying , that ‘ We have refused to confront our differences … and for this neglect , we have all paid . ’ |
| 9 | We must speak for the majority that opposed the return of John Major 's government . |
| 10 | The trouble is that nobody can speak for the whole profession because of the various ways in which the profession is divided . |
| 11 | I think it is very important for those outside America to understand that , like myself , the media and people of Los Angeles do not speak for the rest of the country . |
| 12 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard also says that Menchu ‘ does not speak for the Mayan Indians of Guatemala ’ . |
| 13 | Bishop John thinks that he and the archdeacons are adequately paid ( their stipends are £20,350 and £16,930 respectively ) , ‘ but I would n't dare speak for the parish clergy . ’ |
| 14 | Later , my mother told me they had to lip read : they could n't hear each other speak for the noise of the looms . |
| 15 | Advocates of this type of curriculum not only have the problem of deciding who can speak for the culture ( or cultures ? ) and making an appropriate selection from it , but of deciding to what extent the curriculum should attempt to conserve , reform , revolutionize or even reverse cultural patterns and trends . |
| 16 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
| 17 | ‘ I ca n't speak for the children though . ’ |
| 18 | We could n't claim to be anything else ; we could n't speak for the families of Terry Waite or Brian Keenan . |
| 19 | Cynthia could not speak for the sobs that now came from her throat . |
| 20 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 21 | Her husband died in 1909 but Mary Sumner continued to write and speak for the Mothers ' Union , taking a keen interest in all that was being done . |
| 22 | ‘ I can not speak for the gods , but for myself I say this . |
| 23 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
| 24 | The count 's cold voice and his return to formality assured Maggie that he had seen this small action and now he sat beside her with a set look on his face that told her he might very well not speak for the whole of the journey . |
| 25 | He had me educated so I could speak for the Romanies of today — and of the future . |
| 26 | If I may speak for the Law Officers of the Crown , we are scrupulous in bearing that vital principle in mind . |
| 27 | A Protestant woman , naturally , I do n't speak for the other sort . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
| 29 | She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart . |
| 30 | And , of course , as children erm , er so I think I can speak for the rest of the children around the base , the erm cigarettes , er not cigarettes , beg your pardon |