Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] speak of [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would prefer the vigour of language which either asserted the fact of ‘ real presence ’ in words which clothed the mode of his coming with an unmistakable reality , or which spoke of a ‘ real absence ’ in order to preserve the purity of Christ ‘ s coming to the heart of the believer in faith . |
| 2 | ‘ Despondent souls , ’ it was said , ‘ and there are not a few of these , seem to have been struck only by one part of the Führer 's speech : where he spoke of the preparations for the winter campaign in 1942–43 . |
| 3 | On some nights one can see so many of these popularly-called shooting stars that we speak of a star or meteor shower . |
| 4 | ‘ Have you thought further on that we spoke of the other evening , Angelina ? ’ |
| 5 | As we might speak of the culture of the Hebrides , or as W. H. Rivers wrote of the culture of Melanesia , so we speak of the culture of the European West to describe a set of outlooks , aims and ways of life , which has a history in the past of Europe and has spread to other parts of the world . |
| 6 | I divined that they spoke of the woman who was on trial for her life in Geneva on the morrow . |
| 7 | Our dilemma is that it speaks of a level of separation from the world , the flesh and human reality which has already proved far too harmful to the churches in general and for women in particular for us to consider returning to it . |
| 8 | But if I speak of a stone that turneth all to gold , or a treasure hidden in the menstruum of whores , then the imagination is set to work . |
| 9 | The work with patients who had the delusion of being watched , and who spoke of the watcher as another person in terms like the following : ‘ He is waiting for me to go now ’ , or ‘ He thinks I should do such and such ’ , had first led Freud to suggest that a part of a person 's ego can keep watch over another part . |
| 10 | ‘ And she spoke of the unicorn being in the forest , but that , I think , was by accident . |
| 11 | I know that if we speak of the ‘ rhythm guitarist ’ as such , the image of a second-rate underdog player springs instantly into view , playing a tiresome , subordinate role to a far more experienced ( and inexcusably vain ) lead player . |
| 12 | If we speak of the stylistic values of a non-literary text , we are interested in the way in which linguistic choices are adapted to communicative function — to such functions as newspaper reporting , advertising , scientific exposition . |
| 13 | Mass democracy is a difficult and hitherto largely uncharted territory ; and we should be nearer the mark , and should have a far more convincing slogan , if we spoke of the need , not to defend democracy , but to create it . |
| 14 | Feldstein told Holly at what time they went over to the Kitchen for the evening 's food and he spoke of the compulsory attendance afterwards at the Political Education Unit . |
| 15 | ‘ I speak not only of the Army — although as Colonel Moore knows probably better than I , the acts of heroism you see there in the face of pain — wounds , cuts , torn limbs ’ — he looked at Mrs Crump ; she swayed slightly — ‘ severed arteries , gashed heads ’ — Mrs Moore was unaffected — ‘ and all the terrible lacerations and disfigurements received on the human body in modern warfare ’ — Miss D'Arcy nodded ; she was intrigued — ‘ but I speak of the self-inflicted torments of the Indian , the Negro and the Mussulman . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But you spoke of a threat — ’ He prompted the other gently . |
| 17 | But he spoke of the Italian traders as exploiters of Spain and Gaul ( fr. 116–17 ) and showed how the native defenders of Numantia valued freedom ( Diod. 34.4.1–2 ) . |
| 18 | In West Germany , every residential facility has to have a residents ' committee by law — this may not work in every case , but it speaks of a different attitude to the residents themselves . |
| 19 | He was relaxed , a contrast to the tension which had gripped him while he spoke of the MacQuillan calumny . |
| 20 | This piece of advice might suggest that his grasp of the ‘ new psychology ’ was still at the rudimentary stage , since he speaks of a neurosis as if it were something avoidable . |
| 21 | Far from explaining how judgement arises out of experience , the holder of the impression theory of perception makes the connection inexplicable , whether we speak of the visual experience of a globe , a duck-rabbit , or a Constable painting of a cornfield . |
| 22 | Moreover , before we speak of the transfer of powers , we should remember that these men were not nineteenth-century constitutional lawyers , any more than they were eleventh-century papal reformers . |
| 23 | IRISH Prime Minister Albert Reynolds came under Unionist fire last night after he spoke of the importance of the Republic 's constitution to nationalists north of the border . |
| 24 | ( When I speak of the value of the whole , I mean what Moore calls its value on the whole , that is the values of its parts plus its value as a whole . ) |
| 25 | For when I speak of the community being faithful to its own principles I do not mean its conventional or popular morality , the beliefs and convictions of most citizens . |
| 26 | ‘ My word , what interest I kindled when I spoke of the hospital at Christmas . |
| 27 | Remember George Seawright when you speak of the brave , |
| 28 | Remember George Seawright when you speak of the brave , |
| 29 | You do n't know it , but my hair stood on end when you spoke of the future as you did . |
| 30 | As my darling new mother ( whom I loved ) moved radiantly about the room introducing Derek , who had just directed Equus at the Contact Theatre , to Bryan , who was a freelance journalist specializing in film , or Karen , who was a secretary at a literary agency , to Robert , who was a designer ; as she spoke of the new Dylan album and what Riverside Studios was doing , I saw she wanted to scour that suburban stigma right off her body . |