Example sentences of "[noun sg] speak [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The witness speaks to the accused , whereby the witness has an opportunity of recognizing the thieves and the animal with its brandmarks . ’ |
| 2 | Each sovereign speaks with a single voice , though not in harmony with other sovereigns . |
| 3 | In commenting on the enabling function of the tribunal , the research study speaks of the heavy burden placed on the tribunal of eliciting all the relevant information about the case and applying the law to the facts in an impartial and objective manner . |
| 4 | In his novels Nizan speaks with a forked tongue ; he uses two different languages , two different voices within each narrative site , one political and historical , the other literary and metaphysical : |
| 5 | Until the eighteenth century , religion was the only force to speak to the central concerns of human beings , the only explanation for human suffering which was available . |
| 6 | It is always a pleasure to speak in the same debate as the hon. Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) . |
| 7 | While Mr Forte had reservations about the lengthy name of the congress , he hoped it would lead to a structure which should enable the industry to speak with a single voice on many issues . |
| 8 | Instead Sumner went with various other senators , representatives and the President , Johnson , to hear Hall speak in the largest Presbyterian Church in Washington . |
| 9 | At Blenheim in July 1912 Law spoke to a mass rally of English Unionists , including over a hundred MPs , and made his commitment to Ulster absolutely specific . |
| 10 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
| 11 | Does he also agree that , although the violence of the provisional IRA and others who claim with no legitimacy to speak for the Irish people as a whole , is sickening , it is equally disgusting , disgraceful and sickening to see those who claim to be loyal to the Unionist cause killing , tit for tat , for no reason other than that people happen to be Catholic ? |
| 12 | INVITING Mussolini 's grand-daughter to speak at the Tory Party conference has caused outrage . |
| 13 | They had all been inhibited from plain speaking by the lavish hospitality , the fresh scampi with avocado had been too ‘ mucked about ’ for her taste , while that dreadful black man had insisted on telling her all about his times in and out of the ring with ‘ Big Frank ’ ( ‘ a lovely suit of clothes ’ ) , interrupting himself only to raise his glass of pink wine to Sir Ralph who had , in his opinion , ‘ done us proud ’ . |
| 14 | I lowered my head quickly , as if to acknowledge the truth spoken by the old woman Khadija when she heard of my decision to travel to London . |
| 15 | The leader speaks with an exaggerated wisdom — He Who Knows . |
| 16 | The senator spoke with a sudden and incredible venom , and I realised it was only that angry force that was keeping him from weeping for his two children . |
| 17 | Before going into the meeting the Irish team spoke of a good deal of hope for peace and the Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Patrick Mayhew said all options remained open . |
| 18 | Ronnie Massarella , Chef d'Equip of the British Equestrian team spoke of the hard realities facing competitors , and Richard Whiteley of Yorkshire TV generously agreed to act as MC for the event . |
| 19 | I began with the desire to speak with the dead . |
| 20 | Oh at Handsworth , I 'm meant to go there this evening to speak to the domestic bursar the residents ' officer and someone else , God knows , from the university to put my case forward for why I had to leave Handsworth and that , why I should n't pay the money . |
| 21 | Yet this is the firm basis from which the choreographers built their framework of steps , poses and gestures before painting in the personal touches which describe each performer as an individual with a right to speak in a particular way . |
| 22 | The programme will include Brian Porteous from the Council 's Sponsorship Advisory Service speaking about the latest research exercise carried out by the Council into sponsorship in Scotland ; Derek Etherington , Consultant to the English Sports Council talking about UK developments : lawyer Stephen Townley giving guidance on contract negotiations plus media experts and representatives of leading Scottish companies giving practical advice on how to make effective sponsorship proposals . |
| 23 | You prefer the name spoken with an American accent . |
| 24 | Not one character speaks in the same way as another one . |
| 25 | It becomes full representation only if the elected person speaks with the authentic accents of those who elected him … he should share their values ; that is , be in touch with their realities . |
| 26 | The hon. Gentleman spoke about a Labour Government asking for cuts to be made . |
| 27 | DEFIANT Dave Beasant last night spoke for the first time since his week-end goalkeeping torment and insisted : ‘ I still want to play for Chelsea . ’ |
| 28 | Reports in the papers the following day spoke of a naked man going berserk on the street and being struck by a car . |
| 29 | Besides , he had not yet had a chance to speak to the investigating magistrate about the pay-off . |
| 30 | In the case of the Caribbean slave communities , this probably took only a short time : for example , we know that the emergence of Sranan Tongo , an English-lexified Creole spoken in the coastal region of Surinam , can be dated with reasonable accuracy to a period between the arrival of the first English slave-owning planters in the middle of the seventeenth century , and their expulsion by the Dutch : a total of less than thirty years . |