Example sentences of "[to-vb] in answer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | There never were 6,000 knights in England ; and it was rare in the twelfth century for more than a thousand knights to gather in answer to a feudal summons . |
| 2 | So many people wanted to emigrate in answer to this that the local authorities feared that the traditional system of agriculture in Madeira as well as the new industries , would be endangered by a shortage of artisans and workers . |
| 3 | The response is a naive one ; but perhaps what Gandhi wanted to convey in answer to this question was that his faith in the principle of non-violence and truth had not been shattered by the use of the atom bomb . |
| 4 | Tizard , for example , mentions the need to support the natural parents to enable them to care adequately ; Kellmer Pringle has advocated payment for mothers who stay at home to care ; and a further interviewee who may be identified with the ‘ society-as-parent ’ view had this to say in answer to the argument that the 1975 Act put already powerless parents in an even more powerless position : |
| 5 | And a gentleman who desires to speak in answer to it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I desire to speak in answer to it , your Grace , ’ said the man , stooping obsequiously to the extended hand . |