Example sentences of "'s reaction [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all turned to look at her , but it was Harry 's reaction for which Madeleine was watching . |
| 2 | No one could fail to understand the Onlooker 's reaction to the tale just unfolded . |
| 3 | As China 's reaction to Western sanctions over the events in Tiananmen has shown , further international pressure on the Dalai Lama 's behalf may only reinforce Peking 's siege mentality and strengthen its conviction that the West is conspiring to undermine socialism in China . |
| 4 | So far the leadership 's reaction to the 1983 and 1987 defeats has differed from that to such earlier decisive election defeats in 1931 , 1951 , 1970 , and 1979 . |
| 5 | But colonialism , the tensions caused by a feudal economy 's reaction to capitalism and finally the effects of capitalism itself have all been imposed on a social structure which can be traced much further back . |
| 6 | ‘ A ridiculous cockshy to put up and then knock down , ’ was Collier 's reaction to the Keepin and Kats paper . |
| 7 | America 's reaction to the Soviet peace plan for the Gulf was strikingly polite . |
| 8 | This unpleasant humour was prompted by the stockmarket 's reaction to the death from heart failure on March 18th of Mr Roland Berner , the 80-year-old chief executive of the Curtiss-Wright precision engineering company . |
| 9 | But the Soviet foreign minister , Alexander Bessmertnykh , called America 's reaction to the bloodshed ‘ purely emotional ’ , and gave warning that Soviet-American relations were in a fragile state . |
| 10 | Similarly , Margaret Thatcher 's reaction to the Brixton and Toxteth riots captured the public mood far more than the analysis of the Opposition . |
| 11 | In addition , the Catholic Church 's reaction to the recent IRA campaign — in particular the refusal to excommunicate convicted murderers and to condemn for mortal sin the hunger strikers who committed suicide — has been taken as confirmation that the Church does not really mind if other people exterminate Protestants . |
| 12 | We were all waiting for Mother 's reaction to their reappearance . |
| 13 | A letter had been received from Perin 's Community School asking the council 's reaction to the possible building of a small swimming pool , approximately 8 by 12 metres , which would serve both the school and the local population . |
| 14 | Your employer 's reaction to your ill health will be governed by a variety of considerations , such as : |
| 15 | In the autumn of 1985 , Peter Walker , Secretary of State for Energy , had taken to making the following joke in after-lunch speeches : he would quote the Duke of Wellington 's reaction to his first Cabinet meeting as Prime Minister : ‘ An extraordinary affair . |
| 16 | Hall , at that time , also urged that an exhibition of the plans should be held to enable the public 's reaction to be obtained before a Commons Committee considered them . |
| 17 | Elcho told the House about Palmerston 's reaction to the delegation and , pointing to the Government 's slender majority , asked them to ensure that the subject would not become a ‘ see-saw ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ What was Lapointe 's reaction to all this ? ’ asked Moreau . |
| 19 | To help you assess your child 's reaction to the diet objectively , you should keep a score-sheet of symptoms for each day . |
| 20 | The National Football League was nervous about London 's reaction to the first game at Wembley a few years ago , and whether it would be profitable . |
| 21 | This animal 's reaction to certain sequences of notes was to throw itself into uncontrollable convulsions . |
| 22 | Jean 's reaction to her sister 's death was complicated by this fact . |
| 23 | Mr Slater 's reaction to this soubriquet is characteristically sanguine : ‘ Thumper had big feet and you know what they say about men with big feet … ’ |
| 24 | In Genesis , Sarah 's reaction to the news that she would give birth to a son in her old age is a good example . |
| 25 | Clearly , not everyone 's reaction to the situation was the same . |
| 26 | Other people 's reaction to hearing loss may be less than encouraging , particularly when they are unimaginative and unable to grasp the true facts . |
| 27 | Other people 's reaction to background sounds needs explanation . |
| 28 | The symptoms and signs are not considered to be the illness but rather to be the results of the body 's reaction to the original state of imbalance . |
| 29 | The heat , redness , pain and swelling are the classical signs of inflammation and are very obviously the result of the body 's reaction to the infection and not the cause of the illness . |
| 30 | The fever is therefore the result of the body 's reaction to the imbalance or stress — in this case an infecting organism , the influenza virus . |