Example sentences of "speak for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it is very important for those outside America to understand that , like myself , the media and people of Los Angeles do not speak for the rest of the country . |
| 2 | And , of course , as children erm , er so I think I can speak for the rest of the children around the base , the erm cigarettes , er not cigarettes , beg your pardon |
| 3 | The they used to the Non-conformists whether or not I could n't speak for the Church of England but er there 'd be a lot go you know i in the evening there 'd be several hundred at every one of these places , and there was , there 'd be , ooh four or five Non=conformist places in in . |
| 4 | Later , my mother told me they had to lip read : they could n't hear each other speak for the noise of the looms . |
| 5 | The count 's cold voice and his return to formality assured Maggie that he had seen this small action and now he sat beside her with a set look on his face that told her he might very well not speak for the whole of the journey . |
| 6 | She could hardly speak for the ache in her heart . |
| 7 | First , I believe that I speak for a number of my hon. Friends when I say that we want the Bill to reach the statute book , come what may , in view of the approaching general election , and I hope that it will be given a fair wind . |
| 8 | They have er thirty minutes each , er twenty minutes A at least ten minutes have to be given over to you for questions , so they speak for a maximum of twenty minutes . |
| 9 | Im sure i speak for the rest of us on the list , but Id like to thank halvard for all this gossip/info from Norway etc . |
| 10 | The normal tendency of such a ‘ preparation ’ ( biologists ' speak for an animal to which they have done something nasty , akin to the use of the term ‘ sacrifice , that I commented on earlier ) is to extend its legs into the liquid bath . |
| 11 | Speaking for a generation of American and British intellectuals , Seldes condemned American movies for their ‘ falseness ’ but saw that it was ‘ the falseness of the McKinley era ’ , an era when ‘ the moral and intellectual tone — had not yet become infected with self-criticism ’ . |
| 12 | He discovered that night , in what has been called his ‘ Luftwaffe ’ speech , that his was not a voice in the wilderness ; instead , he was speaking for the man on the Clapham omnibus . |
| 13 | In seeking an answer to this question one can not but be influenced by a thought expressed by Lamont J. , speaking for the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada in Montreal Tramways v. Leveille where , for the first time , it was accepted in a superior court that an infant plaintiff should be able after birth to recover damages for pre-natal injuries . |
| 14 | Well I , I 'm having some difficulty in keeping my remarks addressed to question A and not drifting into question B because obviously Leeds City Council and perhaps speaking for the rest of West Yorkshire 's concerned about regeneration effects . |
| 15 | The main focus of his activity on the king 's behalf during this period was the court of King 's Bench , but he can also be found speaking for the king in the Common Bench as well . |
| 16 | Akram Khan-Cheema , speaking for the Directorate of Educational Services , City of Bradford Metropolitan Council , spoke of an increasing workload for those teachers who were engaged in promoting community languages against a background of confusion regarding strategies , objectives and methods . |
| 17 | But it is a mistake to think that Mr Saddiqi speaks for the majority of Muslims . |
| 18 | The inference in his letter is that he speaks for the Council of the National Union of which he is chairman . |
| 19 | pr I think Scotty speaks for the id to that extent , for the internal demand , you know how much fuel there is left , that 's right . |
| 20 | George Burley presently came into the dining car and spoke for a while to Nell , who subsequently went from table to table , clipboard in place , repeating what he 'd said . |
| 21 | Institute Council member John Corrin spoke for a number of members in business when he said that ‘ after Cadbury , it is one of the daftest papers I have ever read ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ I have already heard , ’ said Julian , ‘ how in the council of last November you spoke for a parley with the Lord Owen , and told the king 's ministers that he would be willing to talk peace . |
| 23 | Joseph glanced at Ngo Van Loc , but although his knuckles were white on the steering wheel he made no comment , and nobody else spoke for the rest of the journey . |
| 24 | By mutual consent , it seemed , they spoke for the rest of the meal of anything but the one topic that was on both their minds . |
| 25 | In this he almost certainly spoke for the majority of Lewis 's pupils . |
| 26 | The Second Front Campaign produced the biggest demonstrations of the war period and , most of the time , opinion polls showed that the demonstrators spoke for the majority of a public moved by both feelings of solidarity with the hard-pressed Russians and by a desire to get the war over with . |
| 27 | Colonel John Sidney North , on the other hand , spoke for the majority of Punch enthusiasts in the House , and ‘ could not understand why they should be so mealy-mouthed about flogging a set of ruffians ’ , denouncing anyone who dissented from flogging as ‘ a wretched old woman for his lenity ’ . |
| 28 | I learnt that Roy Hattersley and Gwyneth Dunwoody , who spoke for the Opposition on health , had claimed at Labour 's morning press conference that they had a ‘ leaked ’ copy of a secret Health Department report planning the privatization of the service . |
| 29 | I could understand the term ‘ genetic engineering ’ — well , as long as nobody asked me to speak for a minute without hesitation or deviation — and I recognized ‘ DNA ’ , which was said to be the basic stuff of life . |
| 30 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |