Example sentences of "'s reaction " in BNC.

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1 Today 's reactions to events in Hungary and the GDR , tomorrow 's response to Austria 's already-submitted application for EC membership or to Turkey 's determined membership claims , can all too easily foreclose long-term options .
2 It was n't a shock amongst ourselves — it was more of a shock from other people 's reactions .
3 One of Dana 's reactions was very characteristic : he bent double with laughter at something he had said that made all the others laugh , too .
4 In real life , people 's reactions are much more confused and muddled , but it is usually possible to see the patterns described , even though the individual 's particular experience is unique .
5 But are people 's reactions the same when they lose someone significant ?
6 The horse 's reactions to its environment are more likely to be consistent , reasonable , judicious , moderate , and practical .
7 the process of the research is briefly described , an analysis of some of the findings is offered and the team 's reactions to the research are discussed .
8 While it might be interesting to compare Mrs. Simper 's and Sophronia 's reactions to lower servants better educated than themselves , the essential point is that a violation of the ordinary division of labour could easily result in a domestic servant losing his or her place .
9 In view of the Queen 's reactions it is little wonder that Lord Clarendon , the Foreign Secretary , should have half-jokingly accused the Emperor of ‘ making love to her ’ .
10 Aware of how precarious his position was , and still clinging to the Entente as the only hope in the shifting pattern of the European system , he had taken the unusual step of sending Eugénie to visit Queen Victoria at Osborne in the July of 1867 in order to find out the Queen 's reactions to the situation .
11 Participation in the affairs of State and open discussions of political matters must now be tempered by the need for survival between the testing conditions of competition abroad and what results from the State 's reactions to these conditions , the resentments of the population at home .
12 We 've seen Pete 's reactions to disappointment .
13 But I 've no idea what can prepare you for Father 's reactions .
14 Large demands have to be floated gently and you must stay in touch with the other party 's reactions by looking for signals that they are being pushed too far or too fast .
15 Because temper tantrums , aggression and verbal abuse often feature in children 's reactions to being thwarted , they will be the subject of my discussions on how to cope more effectively .
16 For example , knowing someone has been convicted of theft might influence one 's reactions and attitudes to that person .
17 There are numerous instances of volunteers being asked to do things ( such as administering electric shocks to other people ) which are really social situations deliberately created to test people 's reactions to authority .
18 It is only necessary to imagine a rabbit 's reactions and its subsequent behaviour once it realises that there is an unwelcome visitor within the burrow system .
19 Because the hypnotherapist is present the whole time and observing the patient 's reactions , it is also possible for him to know when to introduce the detachment technique which will ensure that no distress is suffered .
20 These poems are probably set in Somerset , but as most of Wordsworth 's social observation is directed towards the inhabitants of the Lake District , it would be as well to consider the economic history of that area in some detail before proceeding with Wordsworth 's reactions to the poverty and despair around him .
21 He would learn morality by observing people 's reactions when he performed unsocial actions ; but he would never be punished .
22 When general it ordains a standard , which however has not more but less authority than the particular choice , since it depends on a generalization about everyone 's reactions in a recurring situation , which is as vulnerable to exceptions as any other generalization .
23 TEACHER 'S REACTIONS
24 Noticing people 's reactions to my words
25 Other similarities between the suicide and the anorexic seem to me to relate to the individual 's reactions to an impinging world .
26 Thus , while Piaget emphasised the importance of the child 's actions upon the world , other researchers have focused upon the child 's reactions to other people and the interactions which occur when adult and infant act and react towards each other over a period of time .
27 These techniques are used by parents who can anticipate the child 's reactions .
28 The lorry-driver 's reactions were quick , but not quick enough , as the estate-car-driver 's acceleration beat him to it .
29 This letter was only the beginning of a case with a long history , and by piecing together a number of disjointed fragments of information we can obtain an unusually clear picture of the sequence of events and of Anselm 's reactions to them .
30 Feelings about housework are a question of the experience of doing housework and one 's reactions to it ; orientation to the housewife role involves the issues of self-concept , gender identity and subcultural norms of feminine role-behaviour .
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