Example sentences of "the [noun sg] speak of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A colour brochure I picked up in the hall speaks of the ‘ 27 acres of secluded grounds with magnificent views over the Moray Firth and the Ross-shire hills beyond … imposing combination of Georgian and Scottish Baronial architecture … four course table d'hôte menu of very high class plus an à la carte menu including a range of steaks charcoal grilled … ’ : no mention of David Thomson . |
| 2 | 'T IS unlikely that the king spoke of the matter to my mother or any other — save one ! ’ |
| 3 | Again , the composer spoke of the Romanian voice in her music which came from a Jungian kind of collective unconsciousness . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The laibon speaks of the Masai uprising against the Germans in 1915 and of the last great war waged against the unspeakable Bantu tribes around Lake Victoria who ate fish . |
| 6 | Local people interviewed on the film spoke of the emptiness of atheism and even those who remain atheists acknowledged that the spreading of the gospel , now allowed in the country , will only do good . |
| 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 . |