Example sentences of "speak [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was significant that , when the war took a grave turn the following year , it was to every Anglican incumbent in the land ( and no doubt to many others , though I can speak only for the parish clergy ) that Duff Cooper , the Home Secretary , sent letters expressing apprehension of the state of public morale and urging the incumbents to do their utmost to help raise it . |
| 2 | AT LONG last we have a newspaper that will speak up for a referendum on Maastricht . |
| 3 | I 'm only speaking now for the welfare of other fighters . |
| 4 | They heard him dialling and speaking tersely for a moment . |
| 5 | ‘ Sir , ’ they say , ‘ thank God there is someone … restored my faith in human nature … performed a signal service … struck a blow for common sense and ordinary human decency … exposed the hypocrisy of those who for our sins are set in authority over us … expressed what the vast majority of people fed … spoken up for the minority whose views are never taken into account … ’ |
| 6 | You would not have supposed it possible to aid the Communist cause by stripping , yet Gypsy Rose Lee was banned because years before she had spoken up for the Hollywood Anti-Nazi League . |
| 7 | He speaks as a Conservative representing a coal mining area and he truly speaks up for the industry . |
| 8 | His boosting of Mr Brown speaks loudly for the future of Mr Clinton 's ‘ classic coalition ’ of blue-collar whites , blacks and Liberals . |
| 9 | Gloucester , never one for words , spoke little for the remainder of the journey , his mind and energies set on reaching London in time . |
| 10 | It was all-embracing and claimed that it alone spoke authoritatively for the people . |
| 11 | ( Derek heartily spoke up for the bitter they pulled , too . ) |
| 12 | Only spoke up for the girl . ’ |
| 13 | Despite the reservations about the scheme of the BMA , which spoke mainly for the consultant élite of the profession , less prosperous GPS flocked to join the ‘ panels ’ . |
| 14 | She was a gifted pianist and musician , wrote several hymns , and spoke frequently for the London Missionary Society throughout the country . |
| 15 | That has to speak highly for the way in which the software does its internal calculations and comes up with the answers . |
| 16 | Someone to speak up for the person or their carer as an ‘ advocate ’ . |
| 17 | She thought it might be the one that was always being made to speak up for the others , but she could n't be sure ; it 's difficult to tell one beetle from another . |
| 18 | Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves . |
| 19 | It is for the humanities to speak up for the value of retrospective conversion , and for some national planning to be undertaken to achieve this , as they , and to some extent the social sciences have most to gain from such an investment . |
| 20 | Sinfield observes that Shakespeare is made ‘ to speak mainly for the right … as the great National Poet whose plays embody universal truths … |