Example sentences of "[noun sg] speak of the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In commenting on the enabling function of the tribunal , the research study speaks of the heavy burden placed on the tribunal of eliciting all the relevant information about the case and applying the law to the facts in an impartial and objective manner . |
| 2 | Ronnie Massarella , Chef d'Equip of the British Equestrian team spoke of the hard realities facing competitors , and Richard Whiteley of Yorkshire TV generously agreed to act as MC for the event . |
| 3 | When a dictatorship seriously violates human rights and attacks the common good of the nation , when it becomes unbearable or closes all channels of dialogue , of understanding , of rationality , when this happens , the Church speaks of the legitimate right of insurrectional violence . |
| 4 | The headmaster Stan Hughes in his address spoke of the senseless loss of one so young … |
| 5 | Again , the composer spoke of the Romanian voice in her music which came from a Jungian kind of collective unconsciousness . |
| 6 | Even if it had , the selfhood would be in the replicas of the gene scattered over different bodies ; that the gene , analogous though it is to species rather than to individual , has to be taken as the unit , is precisely because it is more useful for explanation to speak of the selfish gene than of the altruistic replica . |
| 7 | The figure in the painting spoke of the human spirit and looked out at the world with a serene timelessness , and eyes that knew the great gift of being a master and an artist . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's no way to speak of the Dead . |