(1) Competitions will be held in elocution , essay and painting for students from schools following the State, CBSE and ICSE syllabus.

(2) Authors of conduct manuals saw elocution as a skill to enhance the home, for reading aloud was regarded as an activity well suited to the woman's role in the domestic sphere.

(3) Many members of the learned professions display great felicity of illustration and fluency of elocution , surprising us with the quickness of their parts, who nevertheless are felt to be neither impressive nor profound.

(4) Barbara remembers the dedicated teaching of the nuns at the Catholic schools she attended, and the emphasis on training in singing, and the extra lessons in piano and elocution for those who could afford the extra fees.

(5) This glitch has it's up-side, because if I can feel like that, then I imagine that's what my own elocution did to my childhood attackers - their resentment was likely borne of a sense of inferiority and discomfort.

(6) There was also quite a strong emphasis on sports, particularly track and field events like javelin throwing, shot putt, sprinting, and cross-country running as well as basic fencing technique and classes in elocution .

(7) Della has a beautiful voice and great rapid-fire elocution , but the piece would be well served by tighter direction and fewer generalizations about gender in the comedic bits.

(8) It's a fascinating process in and of itself, a skill of elocution mixed with a keen sense of observation.

(9) Lessons in singing and elocution

(10) If that's not enough to make you jealous she also has the option of becoming an elocution teacher, as if she would ever need it, having achieved a gold medal for elocution from the London Academy of Dramatic Art and Music.

(11) The students also participated in various events such as fashion designing, cooking without fire, hair styling, embroidery, vegetable carving, clay modelling, debate, elocution and drama.

(12) The week-long celebrations, which commenced on Monday last, included contests in quiz, elocution , dance, singing, mono action and hand-writing, besides a number of sports and games.

(13) With this in mind it was decided to open the Powley Academy of Excellence (rumour has it there's an unprecedented attendance at the school with classes in self betterment and elocution completely booked out).

(14) Let us be clear that this is a spiritual experience and has nothing to do with fine elocution or educated diction.

(15) BBC World always seems to have over-educated experts explaining, with beautiful elocution , something utterly insane.

(16) Right from his student days at the Sethupathi Higher Secondary School, he showed keen interest in elocution and essay writing competitions.

(17) Participants will contest in light music, elocution , clay modelling, painting, group dance, fancy dress, group song and quiz events of the arts section.

(18) Did you know that Britain's ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher trained to lower the pitch of her voice and improve her elocution so that she would sound more authoritative?

(19) Settelen made videotapes of her practicing elocution and formal speechmaking with him, presumably to improve her performance as a public figure.

(20) Another of Roberts' fans, while filming, was Gay Harden, who portrays a teacher of speech, elocution and poise.