Example sentences of "in responding [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It observes one of Wilde 's principles of literature in responding to the importance of not being ‘ serious ’ . |
| 2 | Its chairman was John Grierson who had never been particularly interested in responding to the requirements of the commercial market-place , and production control was in the hands of John Baxter , a onetime director whose films had been of the prosaic but worthy variety . |
| 3 | The committee is ‘ extremely concerned ’ that the Bank of England and Committee of London and Scottish Bankers seemed ‘ passive … in responding to the significant threat facing financial institutions from money laundering . ’ |
| 4 | Whatever its internal opinions , in responding to the House of Commons Select Committee 's report Acid Rain , the DoE peddled the Forestry Commission line that British tree damage bore only a ‘ superficial resemblance ’ to ‘ that associated with air pollution in West Germany ’ . |
| 5 | This is indicated , for example , in the absence of management training in initial teacher training , problems in responding to the demands made by Circular 6/86 and the uncertainty surrounding the introduction of teacher appraisal . |
| 6 | Having spent the whole summer denying any link between its policies and the riots , the Government had to tread warily in responding to the economic and social policy proposals of the Scarman Report when it was published in November 1981 . |
| 7 | COMPUTER scientists and entrepreneurs are worried that delays by the British government in responding to the Alvey report on advanced information technology may be harming Britain 's chances of joining an elite of computerised nations lining up for the 1990s . |
| 8 | Conceptually , the inner city is a space outside society which has shown , for whatever reasons , a marked recalcitrance in responding to the macro-economic revival that surrounded it on all sides ( Massey and Meegan , 1989 ) . |
| 9 | All of this suggests that , in responding to the new legislation and in adapting to meet its demands , we must not lose what has been so painstakingly developed . |
| 10 | Lacking experience of that kind , casual listeners may have difficulty in responding to the finer musical distinctions that make an individual performance unique . |
| 11 | Although the Government had then retired hurt , the Clow Committee 's more general criticisms of the industry 's slowness in responding to the need to limit the peak by experimentation with load limiters or time-of-day tariffs remained , both within government and from bodies like the Federation of British Industries . |
| 12 | The division attracts those interested in getting the job done , in ‘ hands-on ’ managing , in responding to the market , in preserving their autonomy on a day-to-day basis . |
| 13 | The Convention does not prescribe the language to be used in responding to the Letter ; the normal expectation is that the language to be used will be that in which the Letter was sent , but documents and evidence taken orally will be sent in the original language , whatever that may be . |
| 14 | In responding to the NHS reforms nurses can not afford to play Stein 's ‘ game ’ with the medical profession , which by its nature excludes and alienates other members of the multidisciplinary team . |
| 15 | However , even the ten-year-olds were still having difficulty in responding to the linguistic cues to the deductive mode , as was shown by the deductive/empirical experiment . |
| 16 | Besides , the variations in the pattern and emphasis of such courses seem to have grown up largely pragmatically , as a function of the organizational ‘ discretion ’ that both institutions and academics have in responding to the needs , pressures and priorities they have perceived over a long period of time . |
| 17 | The effect of this , according to Kinsbourne , is that there is a bias in responding to the side of space contralateral to the hemisphere which has the greater share of attention . |
| 18 | Welsh local authorities should take the lead role in responding to the objectives of Local Agenda 21 . |
| 19 | The profession had already been reviewing the role of the pension scheme actuary and this groundwork will be useful in responding to the calls which have been made for the professionals involved in pension funds , including actuaries , to play a stronger role . |
| 20 | Industrialists have been notably unwilling and unforthcoming in responding to the Government 's requests . |
| 21 | In responding to the hon. Gentleman 's reference to Sir James Barrie , I should say that I do not , I fear , have a drop of Scottish blood , but he was my father 's godfather . |
| 22 | Successive governments encountered problems in responding to the changed conditions and in raising resources to meet public expectations . |
| 23 | It i my Lord Mayor , it is indeed colossal cheek and pure hypocrisy on the part of the Tory Group , and particularly on the part of Councillor , to be putting forward the resolution congratulating schools on their success in responding to the introduction of Local Management , when they and the Government , between them impose such conditions that could only lead to chaos and disorder . |
| 24 | Save The Children benefited from that event and the publicity , because we were the quickest off the mark in responding to the Star Cafe 's request to help with their anniversary event . |
| 25 | TRANSAID 's support to Save the Children has again proved invaluable in responding to the challenges facing Africa in 1992 . |