1.   A major speech had to be delivered.

2.   He was planning later in the week to make three major speeches, and he would need to conserve his energy.

3.   In a recent major speech, Mbeki cautioned that national transformation and democratic stability were far from assured.

4.   In recent months he has made two major speeches in Parliament on the subject.

5.   In the midst of his Abdication preoccupations Baldwin made one major speech on another subject.

6.   The President delivered a major speech to Congress yesterday.

7.   This was her first major speech as party leader.

8.   Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze delivers a major speech on the Middle East in Cairo during a tour of the region.

9.   Neil Kinnock has been giving a major speech to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool this afternoon.

10.   At the same time, he has made only one major speech, on tax cuts, and has resisted pressure from some advisers to do more.