Example sentences of "speak at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest speakers to be firmed up for the conference are David Pascall , chairman of the National Curriculum Council , who will speak at the general assembly session on The New Generation — A Strategy for Reading , and Simon Lang of the Henley Centre for Forecasting , who will be a speaker at the general assembly on The Future of the Book . |
| 2 | I was so disappointed that I could n't speak at the final whistle . ’ |
| 3 | I despaired when I heard Sir Geoffrey Howe , who was Foreign Secretary at the time , speak at the Tory Party Conference in October and heard him repeat the same old stock phrase : Britain will never make a deal over its hostages in Lebanon . |
| 4 | Mr Polyakov was speaking at the Soviet Embassy School , where Russian schoolchildren had a preview of the books that will be available in the Soviet Union from next month . |
| 5 | SPEAKING at the annual meeting of the Diocesan Vestment Guild following the Thanksgiving Mass in the Cathedral , Mrs Barbary Boyes , secretary and treasurer for the past 42 years , gave her account of some of the Guild 's activities and achievements over the past century . |
| 6 | Speaking at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) , he quoted a recent study which indicated that the ratio of exports to imports of environmental technology had fallen from 8:1 to 1:1 in the 1980s . |
| 7 | Speaking at the annual speech day , Nigel Thorne , headmaster of Rydal school in Colwyn , said he was increasingly concerned at what was happening to the education system which was faced with a ‘ testing monolith ’ . |
| 8 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 9 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , reportedly issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 10 | Speaking at the recent Logistics 92 conference on the Canberra , he claimed rail could still not compete with road when it came to transporting packaged goods . |
| 11 | Dr Pentreath , speaking at the European Study Conference in London , said the teeth of the NRA were likely to be drawn by the bill before the organisation has a chance to use them . |
| 12 | Mr Smillie was speaking at the official promotion of ScottishPower 's ‘ Carefree Register ’ for elderly and disabled customers who require special treatment by the company , from meter readings and payment of bills to special reliance on power for such things as dialysis machines . |
| 13 | He was speaking at the official launch of KPMG 's new Gatwick base — the latest location in the firm 's regional network of offices throughout the south-east counties of Surrey , Sussex and Kent . |
| 14 | He was speaking at the official launch of ‘ BackUp ’ , a befriending scheme designed to help Wirral children and young people going through difficult periods in their lives , yesterday afternoon . |
| 15 | Mr McKee , speaking at the official launching ceremony , said the Royal had a crucial role to play in the provision of health care , not just for the local community but for people from throughout the province . |
| 16 | Speaking at the British Nutrition Foundation conference , he pointed out that ‘ natural ’ is not necessarily synonymous with safety and he sounded a note of caution about the trend towards ‘ health ’ foods . |
| 17 | The Leader of the Council , Eric Pickles , speaking at the Tory Conference in 1988 , had promised that these reforms would place the customer first and that Labour would be swept from control of the cities and Town Halls . |
| 18 | Thomas Orme of the American Council on Science and Health , speaking at the American Association for the Advancement of Science , Chicago , 1992 . |
| 19 | Gorbachev , speaking at the closing ceremony , acknowledged that there were basic disagreements between the two sides , but thought the meeting had created ‘ opportunities for progress ’ ; Reagan thought that ‘ useful preliminary results ’ had been achieved , and hoped that further progress would be achieved at the meeting that had been arranged for the following year . |
| 20 | When Mrs Thatcher speaks at the traditional Lord Mayor 's banquet there , we substitute our own humbler but more practical table-top lectern . |
| 21 | Ramsay MacDonald , while he was Prime Minister , spoke at the annual dinner , and Gandhi accepted an invitation while he was in England for the Round Table Conference in 1933 . |
| 22 | Six months after returning from the Soviet Union , Nizan spoke at the International Congress for the Defence of Culture of the possibilities in the current socio-political climate of establishing a genuinely human society freed from class divisions and class oppression . |
| 23 | A hound spoke at the far end of the wood . |
| 24 | If you play back a recording of the rehearsal , consider whether you spoke at the right pace , and particularly whether you made an impressive pause at the right moment . |
| 25 | WHEN John Major spoke at the Conservative Party conference last month , two themes were picked up by his supporters and tormenters . |
| 26 | Welsh Water managers have been invited to speak at the annual meeting of Wirral Deewatch at the Friends Meeting House , Telegraph Road , Heswall , next Wednesday night , the day before the petition is presented . |
| 27 | She dramatically resigned after hearing that he has been invited to speak at the Green party conference next month . |
| 28 | Sir Wilfred Grenfell of Labrador came to speak at the White Rock Pavilion , Hastings , at his request . |
| 29 | INVITING Mussolini 's grand-daughter to speak at the Tory Party conference has caused outrage . |