Example sentences of "a [adj] response to [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For every Pharisee our system produces , you will find at least three good Samaritans , ’ she said in a direct response to criticism by Dr Robert Runcie , the Archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 2 | Ketamine has been associated with recurring phenomena ( ‘ flashbacks ’ ) , although whether these result from drug induced physiological changes or are a functional response to anxiety in predisposed personalities is still unclear . |
| 3 | Acid secretion showed a satisfactory response to pentagastrin in each group with a two to threefold rise over basal values . |
| 4 | Enid 's response to the ‘ Coping with Depression ’ article was very positive , and this is usually predictive of a good response to counselling in the long term ( Fennell and Teasdale , 1987 ) . |
| 5 | The Heads of State meeting , chaired by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev , negotiated a five-year collective security agreement signed by Russia , Armenia , Kazakhstan , Kirgizstan , Tajikistan and Uzbekistan , providing for a collective response to aggression against any of its signatories . |
| 6 | Gothin et al , studying six adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease and growth failure ( three with Crohn 's disease and three with ulcerative colitis ) , showed a normal sleep related serum growth hormone response in all six but a blunted response to arginine in one patient and to insulin in three patients . |