Example sentences of "get a [adj] response " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to attract people to an event you will get a certain response by direct invitation , but a much greater rate of success when your members are saying : ‘ I 'm going to a terrific do . |
| 2 | Durham county council 's deputy leader , Coun. Bob Pendlebury , said : ‘ We are making immediate representations to the Government , but if we do not get a favourable response , we will have to cut back our education budget by up to £3m. to find the extra money . |
| 3 | This did n't get a good response . |
| 4 | But if we do n't get a good response to this I might stick it in for the day in The Post . |
| 5 | I am not sure who is more demoralised by that — the local people , who frequently complain that they do not get a quick response when they need help , or the local police , who attend the crime in an attempt to do the good job that they intended when they entered the police force , knowing that they are likely to be pulled in all directions to answer calls on a blue line that has been pulled far too thin by the Government 's demands . |
| 6 | Unfortunately erm er , the er argument has been sidetracked into a spat about whether you 've got more powers or you have n't got more powers and er and other matters and er er I do n't think if we 're gon na get a sensible response to the D o E that we need to axe er er grind axes in that way . |
| 7 | Chair , on the recommendations erm on item D , I 'm a bit unhappy about the use of the term ‘ natural ’ disasters , because I believe that many of the disasters that people in Oxford are actually giving money for are man made disasters , particularly matters of international economics and the unfair burden , erm unfair distribution of wealth which places a whole sector of the world in poverty , and I think , you know , you do get a magnificent response from people in Oxford to these charities , and we must be aware that there are a whole number of greater issues involved , and while I hear what you 're saying earlier on about you ca n't take on the problems of the whole world , I think when people are actually giving money to charities for example , like Oxfam , they are often unaware of these issues , and we do have a wider role in making the , joining with organisations like Oxfam in spreading public awareness on these issues . |