Example sentences of "[adj] to speak [prep] 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 | He said he said erm he thought people might be less willing to speak at the meeting if they knew it was being recorded , which seems entirely reasonable . |
| 4 | A reporter has to present both sides of the picture and the developer may not be willing to speak to the press . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | In all , 30 companies contributed ; in addition to the 13 questionnaire replies , nine were prepared to speak on the telephone , of a total of 25 called , and eight were visited and interviewed in more detail . |
| 7 | Last night none of the defendants were prepared to speak about the matter . |
| 8 | ‘ If any of you have any problems , at any time , you know you are free to speak to the officers in charge of your landing or to me personally , ’ Nicholson continued . |
| 9 | A second , more serious , problem is that , very often , the nature of the child 's language problem makes it impossible to speak to the child ‘ natur-ally ’ ; the adult is forced to employ ‘ unnatural ’ language and to adopt ad hoc conversational strategies . |
| 10 | For instance , he finds it almost impossible to speak on the telephone . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It was however hard to speak to the girls out on the streets and so in 1991 a Refuge Centre was opened at Holm Street . |
| 14 | As well as having a good working knowledge of the subject with which you are dealing , you , as an efficient PRO , should also have at your fingertips the names and telephone numbers of people within the organisation who are competent to speak to the media on specialist subjects , and this list should include others apart from the brand managers and marketing department personnel . |
| 15 | 2 Make sure that everyone who is likely to answer media enquiries is fully briefed on the company and its activities , products and service and has a list of those people who are competent to speak to the media on specialist areas . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | After all , thought I , I was the best qualified of those present to speak on the subject of the future . |
| 18 | Well we might have er be able to speak with the people who are doing the coaching , and work out the times |
| 19 | Some companies have successfully trained teams of staff based across the country who are able to speak for the company on everything but board level decisions . |
| 20 | In the three days since his interview with the Bishop he had scarcely been able to speak for the bitterness of his blighted hopes . |
| 21 | If you have a personnel department , you 'll be able to speak to the personnel manager in confidence . |
| 22 | She 'd already been there over two weeks , and still had n't been able to speak to the Dane . |
| 23 | but , it was a pity he was able to speak on the telephone , so |
| 24 | As numerous fitted-up Irishmen can bear witness , and not to mention James Hanratty and others , were they able to speak from the grave , hallowed British justice is a myth . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I wandered around but was unable to speak to the owner because , according to a girl who was serving customers , he would n't be in till tomorrow . |
| 27 | She found herself unable to speak with the fear that clutched at her , the worrying possibility that her whole life had been built on a lie . |
| 28 | She was still unable to speak about the circumstances which had brought her to Madame Chardin 's . |
| 29 | Precise details of times , etc should be carefully recorded and each solicitor should be available to speak to the other throughout the agreed duration of the release . |
| 30 | The RUC are anxious to speak to the driver of a maroon Maestro car which was close to the murder scene yesterday morning , in order that they can eliminate them from the murder investigation . |