Example sentences of "[adj] to speak of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tempting as it is , it is positively wrong to speak of the genes for the six enzymes of pathway 2 being selected ‘ as a group ’ . |
| 2 | In this case it is wrong to speak of the wording of the trust as being free ; the point is instead that it is possible to construe a trust in order to validate a disposition , for their existence or non-existence is not attested purely by the use or non-use of certain forms . |
| 3 | Others , however , think it proper to speak of the intention of Parliament , in the sense of ‘ the meaning which Parliament must have intended the words to convey . ’ |
| 4 | For several weeks , Tobias Beventini had found it impossible to speak of the apprentice he had chosen to follow , to dissect , to guide , in a medical way , towards the real , adult world . |
| 5 | The setting of particularly high standards for uniformity and internal consistency makes it impossible to speak of the existence of almost any ‘ ism ’ in policy . |
| 6 | Before allowing her own words to express her story , it might be helpful to speak of the policy and practice of nearly all missionary societies fifty years ago . |
| 7 | At least certain of the theories of probability , notably the frequency theory , can not possibly allow it to be meaningful to speak of the probability of single events , and hence can not be used in analysis of particular causal beliefs , those which are most common . |
| 8 | It is odd to speak of the creation of a state as the ‘ pretext ’ for anything : the translator may possibly be responsible for the oddity here , as for the orotundity that precedes it . |
| 9 | One can not quite understand the process of informalisation in European countries if one does not take into account that here too one can observe upward movements of working-class traditions and downward movements of middle-class traditions of conduct , although it is not possible to speak of the emergence of a new more firmly established code of conduct . |
| 10 | The second challenge came in the 1950s , when it became fashionable to speak of the demise of the nation state as a result of the development of nuclear weapons . |