Example sentences of "speak [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Kurdish delegates , to underline the point that they too are Iraqi , speak up against any violation of sovereignty ; they may also be proposing that the Kurdish guerrillas be somehow absorbed into the Iraqi armed forces as a local militia protecting the autonomous zone . |
| 2 | Davide would say , when he was first starting as a lawyer in Riba , on his return from America , and could speak up against the potlatch inclinations of his clients . |
| 3 | PAULINE Connor , LL.B. will speak out against the abortifacient drug , RU486 , in York , on 9th November . |
| 4 | He urged the constitutional politicians to renew the search for a settlement and said people should speak out against prejudice and bigotry and on behalf of reconciliation and peace . |
| 5 | Glyn Ford , the leader of the British Labour group , was among those speaking out against Mr Le Pen 's group . |
| 6 | The following year Graham Greene , having struggled to write a script from Galsworthy 's Twenty-One Days — about a murderer who killed himself and an innocent man who was hanged for the suicide 's crime — within BBFC rules that forbade the representation of either suicide or a failure of British justice , joined with J. B. Priestley , Bernard Shaw and H. G. Wells in speaking out against the censorship system . |
| 7 | ( Did an Edwina Currie when at the MMB , by speaking out against cows being injected with a hormone that can increase yields but which , she feared , would cause consumers to feel milk was not ‘ natural ’ . |
| 8 | A HOSPITAL consultant who claimed she was sacked after speaking out against nursing shortages won her appeal against dismissal yesterday . |
| 9 | Williams was found guilty on 11 September 1991 on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 10 | Poor people of the region , particularly women , are speaking out against this injustice and organising basic health care in their communities . |
| 11 | The talented singer has won acclaim for speaking out against injustice with hard-hitting songs like Biko and Shock The Monkey . |
| 12 | On 11 September 1991 a court martial found Vic Williams guilty on three charges relating to deserting his regiment and speaking out against the Gulf War . |
| 13 | There was the Bishop of Limerick defending the Easter Rising , a man who thirty years before had been speaking out against resistance to civil authority . |
| 14 | The deputy was a Socialist , he had been speaking out against the old work conditions that were being reimposed . |
| 15 | Gen. Saulo Ramos was appointed Minister of Justice on Aug. 7 , 1989 , replacing Oscar Dias Corrêa , who had resigned on Aug. 1 after frequently speaking out against mismanagement of the economy and corruption in the administration . |
| 16 | Luis Piñerúa Ordaz , who became Interior Minister , was well-known for speaking out against corruption in the political system . |
| 17 | Keating told the Dalai Lama that while Australia recognized Chinese sovereignty over Tibet , his government would be forthright in speaking out against human rights abuses . |
| 18 | A Quiche Indian woman from Guatemala who has achieved worldwide recognition by speaking out against the oppression of her people has been awarded the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize . |
| 19 | Creditably a handful of influential figures are speaking out against the cult of confidentiality . |
| 20 | Another throw-back to the past was reported by the Roslavl' Party cell in January : at a volost' meeting an ex-member of the Kadet Party had spoken up against taxation . |
| 21 | As well as maintaining his allegiance to Rome , Fr Jin is reported to have spoken out against government policies on contraception and abortion . |
| 22 | The root of the East German church 's involvement lies in the agonising sense of guilt and self-accusation among many clergy during and after the Second World War for not having spoken out against the Nazis in time . |
| 23 | A TIMBER importer has spoken out against Friends of the Earth 's claims that the mahogany trade is steeped in death and destruction . |
| 24 | The outbreak of hostilities had the immediate effect of silencing most of those within Congress who had spoken out against war , and effectively removed the argument that sanctions should be given a longer period in which to work . |
| 25 | The British Prime Minister , John Major , has spoken out against the US 's refusal to commit itself to a declaration concerning targets and schedules aimed at controlling emissions of greenhouse gasses . |
| 26 | ‘ Ministers have not only not spoken out against this irresponsibility but now can not speak persuasively against these boardroom excesses because so many ex-Cabinet Ministers are themselves among the beneficiaries of these excesses , ’ he said . |
| 27 | You know perfectly well that under the present system someone who sticks to his principles and speaks out against injustice is n't going to get a job or a council flat . |
| 28 | Home Secretary speaks out against rural violence as judge calls for special reforms on lager louts . |
| 29 | The blind man nodded , spoke up against the weary roar of the airstream that broke like surf on this rocky spur deep in Antarctic Mars , and in his voice was a smile , the first emotional response he 'd given them . |
| 30 | The Archbishop of Canterbury , a graduate of the John Wayne memorial diplomatic academy , spoke out against the emergence in Britain of a ‘ Pharisee ’ society of self-interest and intolerance . |