Example sentences of "[adj] response [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 What will be the normal response time at terminals used for each system and transaction type ?
2 Our data were subject to several constraints : a far lower response rate from probation officers in the second survey ; the effects of changes in agency policies and practices during the two survey years ( e.g. medics ' notifying practices , police detection efforts/successes ) ; the ‘ loss ’ of some users identified in the first survey , and of some new users , to institutions and agencies not covered by the research ( e.g. custody , rehabilitation units , drug agencies in adjacent areas ) ; disillusionment with some agencies among heroin users ( particularly medical services ) , which may have produced a higher ratio of unknown to known users than in the previous year ; the optimistic assumption of 20 per cent annual outcidence-for instance , one review of follow-up studies of opioid users suggests that outcidence after one year is typically around 10 per cent , and may only reach 40–50 per cent after ten years , even for those who have received ‘ treatment ’ ( Home Office 1986 , ch. 7 ) ; and the decline in the size of the youth population , due largely to the drop in the birth rate during the 1960s-that is , the absolute number of known heroin users could decrease while the rate per 1,000 youths remained the same or even increased ( the population figures from which our prevalence rates were calculated derived from 1981 Census statistics , and do not take into account projected trends ) .
3 An overview of over 500 patients treated subsequently shows an overall response rate with FAM of 33% with a complete response rate of <3% .
4 I think we ought to have a an adequate response Chairperson to the
5 The complete archive is being reorganised to allow improved access to the data held and a quicker response time to enquiries .
6 A special case where the promise — and , indeed , the price — usually does appear in the headline is in direct response advertising of the ‘ offer ’ type which is so prevalent in the Sunday colour supplements .
7 The pre-Christmas test of this direct response advertising in the TVS region was extremely successful — with 10 per cent of dog owners in the area receiving samples .
8 It is easy to see his point , especially on the basis of the USA direct response market in which he mainly worked : Americans , far more than Europeans , expect to be sold a product , in advertising as anywhere else .
9 The high response rate to our questionnaire ( over 80% ) is a reflection of this interest .
10 The Society , which has a very high response rate to its many postal questionnaires , has agreed to cooperate with a survey .
11 The mail-shot received a high response rate of over 43% — 13 replies from 30 enquiries — so a higher number of negative responses was expected , bearing in mind that people are generally swifter to complain than to praise .
12 This provided an overall response rate of 58 per cent .
13 Within an overall response rate of 68 per cent , then , the response rate for specialist students was 64 per cent , and 69 per cent for conversion students .
14 An overview of over 500 patients treated subsequently shows an overall response rate with FAM of 33% with a complete response rate of <3% .
15 Let us not attach too much weight to it , because the overall response rate from the 18 district health authorities surveyed was 15 per cent .
16 We would recommend a similar response definition in future studies of the treatment of TIH .
17 The end of this was indicated by the appearance of a table of numbers ; this was a record of the average response time for both Yes and No responses for all 6 memory set sizes .
18 In Seattle the average response time by emergency medical technicians is 3.5 min after dispatch ; advanced cardiac life support response time is approximately 7 min .
19 Compared with this prediction the actual response rate of 55% was significantly higher ( p=0.03 ) .
20 Its effect may produce dispersal rather than crowding according to the characteristic response repertoire of the species .
21 Based in the South-west , Richard Tarr , a shop assistant , runs a motorcycle rapid response unit for the UFO group Quest International and says that more and more of his calls are about crop formations .
22 The chances of finding one with a positive clinical response rate of 20% or more is less than 1 in 40 000 .
23 Although responders may be biased towards independent , articulate individuals in employment , unemployed people may have had more time to reply , and this is supported by a higher response rate among women , who had a lower employment rate .
24 The subject held one response button in each hand ; Yes and No buttons differed in size , and the Yes button was held in the preferred hand .
25 One of the advantages of cyclosporine is its rapid onset of action ( about two weeks ) compared with the mean response time of about three months with 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine .
26 Then on the question of consistency across the services , my colleague chief officers and I are very conscious of the fact that we should endeavour to get just as Mr suggests some er , er cross service er , erm common response time for various points raised .
27 Betty sees the profit in achieving a twenty-four-hour response time on all customer enquiries .
28 The data might reflect that many different antigens affect the mucosal immune response pattern in both affected and non-affected Crohn 's disease twins .
29 The main findings to date are : 923 destinations questionnaires were sent to the 55 courses so far included in analysis : 624 were returned completed by students , giving a preliminary response rate of 68 per cent ;
30 We investigate this quantitatively using emission models for coronal plasmas and the known response function of the Rosat Position Sensitive Proportional Counter ( PSPC ) telescope system .
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