Sentence examples for speeches behind from inspiring English sources

Are politicians corrupt (or susceptible to corruption) if they are giving highly paid speeches behind closed doors to financial institutions, or not?

You don't go and give speeches behind closed doors to Wall Street and be the same person that is going to rally the American people.

Once a Ryder Cup has put all the pomp and pageantry and slightly awkward military-style ceremonies and speeches behind it, its gladiatorial and therefore slightly cruel format - you try making a six-foot putt on the 18th green to nick half a point with thousands watching, plus millions more on TV - is what makes it so gut-churningly brilliant.

But behind the glitz and the glamour, behind the gongs and the speeches, behind the seemingly endless parade of beards, lies a highly-competitive international movie business, in which the stakes are high, there is no time for losers and second chances are rare (hence the 'phew and thanks' nature of Ben Affleck's speech).

After a marathon of impassioned speeches, behind-the-scenes political maneuvering and an 11th-hour filibuster, Massachusetts legislators were unable Thursday to reach an agreement on gay marriage and shelved the issue for a month.

Publication of some of his tax details comes at the end of a week which has been the candidate's worst period on the campaign trail, dominated by the release of a secret video of a speech behind-closed-doors in Florida in May.

Osborne rushed out, leaving the notes of his speech behind.

Natasha approached her door and simultaneously heard the susurration of soft speech behind it.

He gave a speech behind closed doors on Thursday, and reporters obtained copies on Friday.

The president seemed in a loose, relaxed mood with his last State of the Union speech behind him.

One month on from the election and with a Queen's speech behind us, what do we know about the next five years?