Example sentences of "response to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Intellectual fascination with communism had been a feature of the 1930s ( naturally enough given the gloom and despair of that period ) and Communist Party membership surged during the war in response to admiration for the Russian military effort . |
| 2 | 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 " . |
| 3 | First of all in response to Miss . |
| 4 | The predominant response to Mannheim 's proposals for the sociology of knowledge in the English-speaking world was to incorporate it into the programme of ‘ scientific ’ , functionalist sociology . |
| 5 | The donation is in response to Cambodia 's request for help in restoring its shattered agriculture and reflects the Cambodian government 's desire to make the country self-sufficient in food as quickly as possible , but experts fear any short-term benefits will be outweighed by long-term damage . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In response to warnings from several official bodies the Civil Defence of the State of Sao Paulo is working on a plan for mass evacuation plans in case of emergency . |
| 8 | In particular it was felt that swifter and more decisive action on the part of the SCB in response to warnings passed by concerned solicitors and local law societies ought to be effected . |
| 9 | In response to Monteith 's report , the Secretary of the Interior dispatched T. B. Odeneal , Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Oregon , to meet Joseph on 27th March 1873 . |
| 10 | When embedded in a lipid membrane , the IP 3 R responds like a conventional channel , displaying an increase in open frequency in response to InsP 3 ( refs 49 , 50 ) . |
| 11 | Indirect Rule was not , as was claimed at the time , just a pragmatic response to circumstances , or a way of breaking the natives in gently to the rigours of civilized living . |
| 12 | An indirect role where the teacher creates the conditions which will allow the children to initiate collaborative activities themselves in response to interests , purposes and needs arising from their activities . |
| 13 | You will be using the idea of a main argument or basic response to help direct your thoughts and contain the argument . |
| 14 | Quite often , the initial response to nystatin is severe and unpleasant , but this is not usually a reaction to the drug itself . |
| 15 | Private hire cars also carry roof signs showing their telephone numbers , but are only allowed to carry passengers in response to telephone requests . |
| 16 | But ‘ might-have-been ’ is the most poignant and fruitless of all sentiments , and I could not denigrate Leslie 's individualistic choice of combat , nor dismiss as quixotry his response to vision in the conduct of the war . |
| 17 | It was strange , she thought , that her physical response to shock should be the same now as it had been after Hugo was killed , so that to her present grief was added a grief for him as keen , as new as when she had first heard that he was dead . |
| 18 | It was her usual response to shock . |
| 19 | The acute response to nicotine in these chronically treated rats was a significant decrease in gastric secretion . |
| 20 | Furthermore , although there is an increase in circulating catecholamines in response to theophylline , in the one study he quoted that did not relate to overdose , the effect on blood glucose was clinically insignificant . |
| 21 | Shortly afterwards came a Saudi response to Iran 's continuing attempts to teach Riyadh a lesson . |
| 22 | GASTRIN RESPONSE TO GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE |
| 23 | PEPSIN RESPONSE TO GASTRIN RELEASING PEPTIDE |
| 24 | Assessing the response to chemotherapy in oesophageal carcinoma is not easy and is based on data provided by endoscopy , histopathology , and computed tomography . |
| 25 | The most elaborate response for broad-ranging rationalisation had come from Britain in 1952 with the Eden Plan , but this had been a response to Britain 's anxiety about what the little Europe of the Six might achieve . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | For 36 years , he has survived through a sure-footed personal response to problems . |
| 28 | ‘ Response to problems such as signal failure can be slow and we get complaints from our customers . ’ |
| 29 | In this chapter Neil Toppin describes the assessment panels at his school in Scotland , which were established to attempt a flexible response to problems of disruption within the school and to offer pupils excluded from other schools or returning from special provision another chance in the mainstream . |
| 30 | Described by the US permanent representative at the UN Edward Perkins as " a reasonable and proportionate response to problems Iraq itself has created " , the resolution was immediately denounced by the Iraqi government as illegal and unjust . |