Example sentences of "[prep] answer to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This book of 100 pages consisted of an edited summary of answers to a questionnaire which the two editors had sent out not only to missionaries but also to Buddhist laymen and government officials . |
| 2 | Of the others — and this is no more than reportage of answers to the question - the ambulance services emerge reasonably well , in that they allow service by right of assessment . |
| 3 | However , scientific explanations are a very particular subset of answers to the question ‘ why ? ’ . |
| 4 | He was never happier than when watching Morse come face to face with a mystery : it vas like watching his chief tackle some fiendishly devised crossword ( as Lewis had often done ) , with the virgin grid on the table in front of him , almost immediately coming up with some sort of answer to the majority of the clues — and then with Lewis himself , albeit only occasionally , supplying one blindingly obvious answer to the easiest clue in the puzzle , and the only one that Morse had failed to fathom . |
| 5 | This test was considered in Schroeder ( A ) Music Publishing Co Ltd v Macaulay [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1308 where Lord Reid , by way of answer to the argument that a standard form of publishing agreement which had stood the test of time was the very same agreement about which the defendant was then complaining , said that this test could only be satisfied when the contracts were " made freely by parties bargaining on equal terms " or " moulded under the pressures of negotiation , competition and public opinion " . |
| 6 | The image of the housewife as a cabbage makes a number of appearances in answers to the question about writing housewife on a form ( it is mentioned by twelve of the forty women ) . |
| 7 | It would not be in order to list fully here Bernstein 's distinctions between the two codes ; however , one of these distinctions is of direct relevance to the question of social class differences in answers to the question ‘ Do you like housework ? ’ |
| 8 | What do you say in answer to a proposition like that ? |
| 9 | The French reinforcements had arrived in answer to a plea from Mary of Guise , who had accompanied her daughter to safety in an island priory on the Lake of Monteith , about fifteen miles west of Stirling . |
| 10 | In answer to a question from the prosecution , Day replied that William Tidbury seemed very much on edge and in a nervous condition , which was unusual for him . |
| 11 | In answer to a question in the House , by Lord John Manners on 19th June , Hall stated that the judges would be able to make their award ‘ on or about 25th instant ’ . |
| 12 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 13 | In early 1985 , work started at Wolverton on two new Royal Vehicles built on MKIII underframes ; in answer to a question in Parliament in April of 1985 , Mr David Mitchell , Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport , stated ‘ Most of the existing fleet is old , and several vehicles contain asbestos . |
| 14 | On May 4th he said in answer to a question , as he has implied before , that he was an ‘ agnostic ’ on free trade , protectionism , managed trade or anything ; all he wanted was an ‘ open world trading system ’ . |
| 15 | At the hearing before us it was conceded , in answer to a question put by the court , that it is a feature of anorexia nervosa that it is capable of destroying the ability to make an informed choice . |
| 16 | In answer to a question , he said that a change in the political hue of the government would not , in the long term , make any difference . |
| 17 | In answer to a question from me to that effect , he said in his charming way with the little smile that he wears when replying : " We shall have to look at it . " |
| 18 | In answer to a question from me , he suggested that the Bill affected all areas of the United Kingdom in the same way , with additional provision for Scotland in clause 17 . |
| 19 | My hon. Friend was kind enough to tell me in answer to a question on the third problem , asking him whether he would make the east-west A427 a trunk road , that it came under the county council 's responsibility for bypasses . |
| 20 | However , the Minister of State for the Armed Forces said , in answer to a question from my hon. Friend the Member for Western Isles ( Mr. Macdonald ) : ’ Under the 1972 United States-Soviet ABM treaty and subsequent protocols , the Soviet Union is limited to a maximum of 100 ABM launchers located within a radius of 150 km around either the national capital or one area containing silo fields . |
| 21 | But I thought you were saying in answer to a question my was putting to you that one of the reasons for shouting armed police was so that everybody knows you 're armed police . |
| 22 | Well first let me say erm in answer to a question you put some time ago , what is it what is in this budget for the people of Oxfordshire , and all you got from both Councillor Waldon and Councillor Barnes was a list of the cuts . |
| 23 | It happened with me , when at the age of 18 , I took up pen and paper to make a reply to the readers ' letters column of the Glasgow Evening Times , in answer to a man who supported the rise of Nazism in Germany . |
| 24 | While the siege of Calais was in progress , in answer to a call from the French , the Scots attacked the north of England . |
| 25 | A common example is a dramatic reduction in telephone bills through the reduced need to return calls in answer to a query . |
| 26 | In answer to a query from Rod Blair of the OFT , Mr Fredrikson would not discuss the techniques which might be used to keep track where the debtor was not on the electoral role . |
| 27 | In answer to a journalist 's question in Madrid on Oct. 30 as to whom the delegation represented , Husseini replied that they represented " all Palestinians everywhere " . |
| 28 | Donkey Lane In answer to a letter sent by the chairman , the Department of Planning stated that no restrictions are placed on this road with regard to its use by horses . |
| 29 | Donkey Lane In answer to a letter sent by the chairman , the Department of Planning stated that no restrictions are placed on this road with regard to its use by horses . |
| 30 | The writs , i.e. the King 's commands that a person shall appear in one of the King 's Courts in answer to a claim , are issued in his name , as they still are today , and are issued from his office . |