Example sentences of "[been] [adj] to respond [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1	Reverting again to the 11+ , it would have been possible to respond to the results of the tests by saying , ‘ boys are less able at age 11 — they are failing to make proper use of their primary school education ’ or , as in fact happened , by removing the responsibility from individual boys and situating it elsewhere , in this instance in biology .
2	A citizen on a march , or on a picket , or at a public meeting , has never been able to respond to the repressive exercise of authority by calling in aid a legally enforceable right to do that which is impugned .
3	The particular quality of the English primary school has been the way in which its teachers have been able to respond to the individual child on a personal , almost intuitive , basis .
4	This project will examine the ways in which local authorities have been able to respond to the opportunities offered by closer European integration .
5	Gough has been slow to respond to a groin injury which has plagued him since September and has been sidelined since the win over Celtic on November 7 .
6	There have been few attempts to portray mental handicap in the theatre , and despite its progressive nature , the theatre has been slow to respond to the challenge on offer .
7	However , as the image of the older consumer as a pensioner on the poverty line has taken hold , the market had been slow to respond to the increasing affluence of older people .
8	Engaged in drowning the woman , Fedorov had been slow to respond to the sudden turn in events , but now he recognized the danger and grabbed Lefevre 's sword , wresting it from his feeble grasp as if he were a child .
9	For secondary school teachers of mathematics who have been eager to respond to the call for investigative work , the introduction of GCSE coursework assessment may have come as a rational consequence of what they see as timely changes in the curriculum .

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