Example sentences of "speak [adv] of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enormous volume of his correspondence , handwritten notes and minutes , with their close attention to detail , speak eloquently of the driving force of which the Bedford Infirmary was now deprived . |
| 2 | We can speak here of the constitutive role of religious beliefs — in the sense that they have constituted an explanation for phenomena that have subsequently proved explicable without theological reference . |
| 3 | Oh well , must n't speak ill of the dead . ’ |
| 4 | There is good reason why we should not speak ill of the dead but no good reason why we should not think it , if it seems to be necessary . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , I know you should not speak ill of the dead , but Mr Andrew was n't half the man his father was . |
| 6 | ‘ Do not speak ill of the dead ’ , we are told , yet it is a great comfort to be with a friend who shares knowledge of how awful the dead person could sometimes be . |
| 7 | I shall only speak ill of the dead , and regret it afterwards . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't speak ill of the dead , Roger . |
| 9 | Within crofting , and this is important , I am speaking only of the small part-time crofts , on poor land , found in Lewis and Harris and along parts of the western mainland coast . |
| 10 | ( Miles had already spoken gloomily of the inevitable price rises which the Middle East situation must precipitate . |
| 11 | Mr Havel , himself a victim of the secret police , has spoken frequently of the never-ending threat of a house search , the knowledge that every visitor was photographed and every conversation bugged by the Communist regime . |
| 12 | Denice decides it 's ‘ cute ’ and speaks enthusiastically of the dimmed lighting . |
| 13 | Marxists become nouveaux philosophes ; Julia Kristeva , lecturing at Warwick in 1987 , speaks scornfully of the Left … |
| 14 | This second theory remembers that in 431BC — the high point of classical Greece — the great Pericles spoke bitterly of the many Greeks who in his judgment avoided their public responsibilities : a ‘ useless ’ lot , he called them . |
| 15 | She spoke mostly of the spiritual blessings to come , but she promised material joys too , predicting that infant mortality would cease and that poor men would no longer work ‘ to maintain others that live vitiously , in idleness ’ . |
| 16 | The CIA also spoke highly of the British Labour government . |
| 17 | It was significant that this terse declaration spoke only of the military aspects of what had been above all a social and political conflict . |
| 18 | His gaze took in nothing of the scene in the street below ; it spoke only of the generic , accumulated ills of the Noonday of Italy , of violence and crime , poverty , disease , ignorance , and superstition . |
| 19 | He rejoiced in Surrey 's resurgence under Ian 's captaincy and spoke nostalgically of the old ‘ Bordah ’ days . |
| 20 | The Government 's green paper on the future of the BBC spoke inspiringly of the particular needs and interests of the UK 's constituent nations , which it said any recast structure should reflect . |
| 21 | She spoke kindly of the white men , whom she called Soyappo ( ‘ Long Knives ’ ) and when William Clark first entered the Nez Perce lands , Watkuweis , now aged and dying , apparently told her tribe : ‘ These are the people who helped me . |
| 22 | WORKMEN spoke today of the constant threat they live with day by day : that they will be mercilessly gunned down as they go about earning a living . |
| 23 | The Newleys ' acquaintances spoke well of the dead in order to think ill of the living . |
| 24 | ‘ Old Zhang ’ the peasant I talked to spoke proudly of the immense improvements in his life . |
| 25 | A doctor spoke recently of the many patients who came to him — mostly men — complaining of stiff neck , poor sleep , loss of appetite and failing sexual desire . |
| 26 | Surely it is better to speak ill of the dead than of the living . |
| 27 | Far be it from me to speak ill of the dead but Ken Mentle , may he rest in peace , single-handedly made this club what it is today , the Accrington Stanley of Bradford Park Avenue . |
| 28 | I suppose nobody wants to speak ill of the dead . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't want to speak ill of the dead but as far as the work was concerned I have to say that he wo n't be missed . ’ |
| 30 | This right to speak ill of the dead is justified in the interests of historians and biographers , and by the practical difficulties of subjecting deceased persons to cross-examination . |