Example sentences of "spoke of [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another report spoke of 156 cases of ovariotomy , 61 of which proved fatal , and in 60 of the cases there was no ovarian disease . |
| 2 | The strike reportedly took place in mid-April and involved an eight-hour walk-out by up to 2,000 textile factory workers in Berat , some 70 km south of Tirana , protesting against low wages , although one report also spoke of anti-Hoxha slogans being daubed on the factory walls . |
| 3 | We spoke of Russian music , and Major Hal declared that Tschaikowsky 's ‘ 1812 Overture ’ was ‘ just great ’ , while I preferred Rimsky-Korsakoff and the modern Russian composers , Khachaturian and Rachmaninoff . |
| 4 | He spoke of one boy ‘ who did n't really have a lot going for him ’ who managed to qualify to compete in regional athletics events . |
| 5 | Her father died when she was young and she spoke of one brother . |
| 6 | My mother enquired after Ras Tafari 's wife and family , especially after his eldest son , Asfa Wossen , who as a baby at the time of the battle of Sagale had sheltered with us in the Legation ; then they spoke of mutual friends , and recalled events that had occurred while we were in Abyssinia . |
| 7 | Ramsey spoke of eternal life . |
| 8 | The other ( modern ) extreme , that of denying that there was such a thing as Carthaginian imperialism , is equally unsatisfying : from Plato onwards , Greeks spoke of Carthaginian eparcheia , a compound of arche = rule or empire , in Sicily ; and ( he Carthaginians imposed tribute , phoros , on Greek cities which fell into their power ( e.g. Diod. xiii.59 : Selinus ) . |
| 9 | Although involvement in its aims was welcomed by many organisations , others ‘ spoke of mixed reactions or resistance ’ . |
| 10 | Her sensible shoes , neat skirts and pressed blouses spoke of home-baked shortbread and Sunday school but she was n't as naive as I imagined . |
| 11 | Nothing around us spoke of serious damage . |
| 12 | A major report published by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities ( AMA ) spoke of serious doubts about the long-term durability of this type of building . |
| 13 | The other was used as a store room , a pathetic fate , since the tall window and high ceiling spoke of better days . |
| 14 | The tentacles the skin — with its patchiness that spoke of increasing age — were clear giveaway . |
| 15 | They spoke of indifferent things , but her mind , resenting too tight a control , kept whining away with its own questions . |
| 16 | I spoke of possible happiness . |
| 17 | Leslie Goldberg , a consultant spoke of civil servants in the US Defense Department who took their own personal computers into the office ‘ because it was easier to use them than the department 's system . ’ |
| 18 | I take issue with some Conservative Members who spoke of second pensions solving the problems of the elderly in our communities . |
| 19 | But not for Bacon , who spoke of final causes as barren virgins . |
| 20 | Certainly all reports spoke of genuine smiles on the Girls ' faces , of their brightness and animation . |
| 21 | She and Liz , over supper together , often spoke of such things . |
| 22 | Where I came from no one spoke of such things . |
| 23 | Most here spoke of good spirit and high morale . |
| 24 | She spoke of many teenagers being involved with this witch . |
| 25 | Professionals working in the service in the 1960s and 1970s spoke of poor conditions in the large dormitories with little personal space or privacy . |
| 26 | The inspectors spoke of poor marks especially in English and mathematics . |
| 27 | The Glovers , cautiously , observed their hosts ; both wore suits that spoke of much expense , the senior and thinner with a striped shirt , the other with a lilac shirt and pink silk tie . |
| 28 | BICC spoke of employing headhunters when looking for ‘ rare birds ’ for specialised jobs as ‘ horses for courses ’ . |
| 29 | Peter Cole , personnel Director of SBCI Savory Milln spoke of employing search consultants as intermediaries , not just for the confidentiality and anonymity , but for the benefit of a more structured search . |
| 30 | Instead the orbs had sunk back and there was a darkness to the face , a suppressed despair , even an agitation that spoke of tedious things , so unlike those experiences we had laughed over in the past . |