Example sentences of "response to [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Spanish Foreign Minister , Francisco Fernández Ordóñez , compared Cuba 's response to asylum seekers negatively with that of Albania [ see p. 37618 ] and called for a " peaceful transition to democracy " . |
| 2 | The observation of a less noticeable stimulatory response to neuropeptide Y in the rat than in the dog may be explained by the fact that these rats were anaesthetised with urethane which is known to cause release of somatostatin — a known universal inhibitor of gut secretions . |
| 3 | Private hire cars also carry roof signs showing their telephone numbers , but are only allowed to carry passengers in response to telephone requests . |
| 4 | An enquiry into the massacre , held by the government in response to public outrage , but not until 1695 , declared the deaths of the Macdonalds to be murders . |
| 5 | According to a survey conducted for the BBC in April 1974 by Professor Richard Rose , sixty-nine per cent of the people of Northern Ireland thought that the executive should be given a chance to govern but this finding was contradicted by the results of a general election two months earlier and may reflect the general tendency of survey respondents to make statements in response to poll questions which are more moderate than their real views . |
| 6 | Iranian Pourfarrokh created Vertex in response to TV news reports on the Gulf War … the bursting forth of everything we feel in a world of unfulfilled dreams … dreams which are as varied as the people who dream them … a poem told through the bodies of the poets : the dancers . |
| 7 | It may be that these differences in proliferative organisation between the skin and oesophagus explain why metaplasia and cancer are relatively rare in response to contact carcinogens in the former but common in the latter epithelium . |
| 8 | The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) has published a report on the environment , in what is seen as a response to environmentalist criticisms of the organization 's emphasis on free trade [ see SAFE report , below , and also EDs 51 , 52 and 55 ] in the run-up to final negotiations in the current " Uruguay round " of trade talks . |
| 9 | The dolphin suit enables more complex response to dolphin body language , as mutual mimicry and playfulness are primary means of dolphin communication . |
| 10 | Both inflation and unemployment were expected to rise in 1991 , and real wages possibly to reverse their rise of recent years , as sanctions continued against Iraq , the labour force continued its rapid growth rate , and government investment and public consumption slowed in response to budget consolidation measures . |
| 11 | Oils , meanwhile , staged a late rally in response to Budget news that petroleum revenue tax is being reduced to 50 per cent from 1 July . |
| 12 | At the same time , the Secretary of State has revealed his attitude to developments in his response to structure plan policies ; in many cases , while approving the general outline of the structure plans , he has also given more emphasis to permitting further development in rural areas and has substantially reduced the proposed limits for some green belts ( Elson 1981 ) . |
| 13 | The Palestinian movement also drew Israel onto Lebanese soil in response to guerrilla raids into Israel . |
| 14 | Mental health — Age Concern response to Law Commission report |
| 15 | MENTAL HEALTH — AGE CONCERN RESPONSE TO LAW COMMISSION REPORT |
| 16 | In light of this , it is perhaps worthwhile noting that we have demonstrated recently that the DNA-PK requires DNA breaks in order to become activated efficiently in vitro , suggesting that it might be involved in mediating a response to DNA damage ( 11 ) . |
| 17 | For people in this position , choice of a shorter repayment schedule in response to APR/credit cost disclosure would in practice be mere wishful thinking . |
| 18 | Many births are unambiguously described as ‘ unwanted ’ by parents in response to survey questions . |
| 19 | Epryn Technology has introduced ZYMUL 100 , a new synthetic oil , emulsions of which mimic those of crude oil in their response to oilfield demulsifiers . |
| 20 | Apart from intervention , the other usual response to currency pressure has been a rise or reduction in interest rates . |
| 21 | In 11 patients it was difficult to justify repeat biopsy especially when they had shown a very good clinical response to gluten withdrawal . |
| 22 | Having lived with the passage for years , I am persuaded that it represents — based , as it plainly is , on Aeneid 1 , 341ff. , and 4 — a response to veteris vestigia flammae drastically at odds with Hardy 's response ( which , as we have seen , Pound had apparently not noticed in any case ) . |
| 23 | And in response to press questions , Charles said simply : ‘ I always look forward to Crathie . ’ |
| 24 | Her mother phoned the hospital at 7.15pm last night in response to press appeals and arrived there soon after . |
| 25 | Similarly , the case for exchange rate changes in response to inflation rate differentials during the transition period to the establishment of the European currency union is less than convincing . |
| 26 | Emotional factors , in particular recovery from depression and sometimes response to depressive episodes , may also result in an increased appetite . |
| 27 | Following the Commission 's strange response to FoE Scotland 's survey , other British campaigners made visits to the Black Forest and the Netherlands . |
| 28 | The M-form was independently developed by several US corporations ( Du Pont , General Motors , Standard Oil of New Jersey , Sears ) in the 1920s and 1930s , in response to management problems that emerged from their attempts to diversify . |
| 29 | Extrinsic luminescence centres may behave differently depending on their response to electron beam excitation , and the following types can be distinguished : |
| 30 | It is not immediately obvious why this should be the case , but this provides evidence of a less restrictive response to GP referrals of women , since section 3 applies for six months and section 2 for 28 days . |