Example sentences of "[vb past] in [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The memories they described in response to the stimulus were highly specific and no longer consciously recollected ; on experiencing the memory they also relived the feelings they had at the time . |
| 2 | Charles put on a low dynamic voice which rose in crescendo to an order . |
| 3 | Also on an international scale , the price of grain rose in response to demand , and this in turn affected wages . |
| 4 | It was deliberately dismissive , but a scorching anger rose in response to the searingly contemptuous look he gave her . |
| 5 | ‘ Florian is a colleague ! ’ she flared , trying to contend with the wrenching anguish that rose in response to the sexual jealousy that seemed to mock her with its similarity to the emotional sort . |
| 6 | Canada 's 12-month trade surplus rose in March to $9.9 billion , three times its size a year ago . |
| 7 | The values recorded for 1990 indicate that manufactured exports rose in value to £8.574 billion , continuing the steady rise in the value of exports since 1987 . |
| 8 | Unemployment rose in June to 2,920,000 ( 10.3 per cent of the labour force ) . |
| 9 | I once fled in tears to the hospital Steward , but to no avail . |
| 10 | His attention settled on the ducks on the lake but whenever he got near they fled in panic to the shore and sheltered under bushes and trees where he could not reach them . |
| 11 | Birth rates soared and career women sank in prestige to the level of drop-outs in the great breeding stakes . |
| 12 | that knelt in yellow to the west , or spoke |
| 13 | It is not surprising that he found in addition to writing about her , he had to sing about her , too . |
| 14 | This is Rupert , a 5 month old Barn Owl who was deserted by his parents at a few days old , but found in time to be saved and hand reared . |
| 15 | That builds on the success of the television industry and other electronic industries to which I referred in answer to earlier questions . |
| 16 | It was Sir John Hawkins [ q.v. ] , writing in 1776 , who stated that John Shore devised the tuning-fork , which he used in preference to the pitch-pipe when tuning his lute . |
| 17 | ( Hey recorded as Key , for instance ) or by the choice of alternative Christian names ( e.g. the second one used in preference to the first ) or by evasion of the system before penalties were introduced in 1875 . |
| 18 | Mushkin attempted this by using the same methodology that Denison used in relation to education and in relation to health for the period 1960–80 . |
| 19 | Early in 1953 Britain and Egypt were still deadlocked over the future of the Suez base , while no settlement seemed in prospect to the dispute with Iran over the nationalization of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company . |
| 20 | We knew what had happened at Muirfield Village in 1987 could happen again , " he added in reference to the earlier whitewash . |
| 21 | I ca n't tell you any more than that , ’ Melissa added in response to Iris 's lifted eyebrows . |
| 22 | Name two parables Jesus told in answer to the criticism that he welcomed sinners and ate with them . |
| 23 | Yards and yards of fine cream chantilly lace draped over ivory silk cascaded in layers to her feet , sprinkled with dozens of tiny white pearls . |
| 24 | We drove in cavalcade to the airport , through the runway gates and up to a Grummond II Gulf Stream , one of the larger of the executive jets of that time . |
| 25 | Men came in response to the direct demand for labour . |
| 26 | Mann 's decision to enter into talks came in response to repeated offers by Shekhar 's new government to open a dialogue on Punjab . |
| 27 | The decision to release the hostages came in response to appeals by the Libyan leader Col. Moamer al-Kadhafi . |
| 28 | The law reportedly came in response to recommendations by the United States authorities that controls on cash transactions similar to those in force in the USA should be adopted by other industrialized countries . |
| 29 | The amendment came in response to criticisms by six of the seven recently created opposition parties that the first version was weighted in favour of the Social Democratic Republican Party ( PRDS ) , formed under the sponsorship of President Moaouia Ould Sidi Taya ) . |
| 30 | The attack came in response to massive Azerbaijani shelling of Stepanakert with Grad rockets — proscribed weapons of mass destruction — and attacks against Armenian-populated villages in the north-east . |