Example sentences of "response to any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thus a political decision in the strictest sense , but it was taken , not in response to any kind of popular pressure , but in response to a narrowly but powerfully based pressure-group campaign in which those who stood to gain most from it financially , such as the makers of television sets , played a prominent role . |
| 2 | Even ‘ age ’ can cause problems in areas of the world where birthdays are not celebrated and , indeed , there is often a vague response to any question involving the passage of time . |
| 3 | Many clinicians have seized the opportunities implicit within the clinical directorate structure believing that in a cash limited system the most positive response to any threat to clinical freedom is to become involved in the discussions stemming from the financial restriction . |
| 4 | This increased use of imprisonment is not a direct response to any rise in crime , but is an ideologically motivated response to the perceived threat of crime posed by the swelling population of economically marginalised persons . |
| 5 | When he retired from the RAF he remained a most active civilian doctor on the staff at Halton and continued to rush off with the ‘ go-team ’ in response to any call from the AIB duty co-ordinator for some years afterwards . |
| 6 | A Latin looker whose stock response to any correction was an impatient ‘ Izza same ! ’ |
| 7 | Animals learn to do many things that they never do as an unconditioned response to any stimulus . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's my job ’ , is her prompt response to any attempt to take over tasks she wants to do herself . |
| 9 | However , in nearly all instances there is some response to any face . |
| 10 | But Daphne 's dear familiarity , the pleasure of her company , the comfort of knowing pretty well what she would say in response to any remark , the whole warm , easy , ancient closeness that had subsisted between them for more than half a century , won over Cecilia 's temporary , though profound , embarrassment . |
| 11 | Response to any task , then , may not provide a valid description of mathematical knowledge . |
| 12 | Robyn has only the dimmest memories of the country of her birth , and has never had the opportunity to refresh or renew them , Professor Penrose 's characteristic response to any suggestion that the family should revisit Australia being a shudder . |
| 13 | And that answer fitted every question he was asked , as did his response to any poser that could be put to him ‘ thirty-five years ’ . |