Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] to this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no record of the Ministry 's response to this request . |
| 2 | And it is now equally clear that Mrs Thatcher 's response to this ultimatum was similarly direct . |
| 3 | If it is insisted that image worship is nothing but a form of idol worship , Gandhi 's response to this accusation is that image worship is simply indicative of man 's need for symbols . |
| 4 | The Royal Commission 's response to this criticism was to note that fusion might not improve matters and to suggest that a more detailed set of standards should be prepared for both solicitors and barristers on the preparation and handling of briefs . |
| 5 | Aragon 's response to this exhortation , as has already been noted , was similarly formulated in ethical , emotional and political terms as a conversion to ideological health . |
| 6 | The Review 's response to this challenge was an oblique one . |
| 7 | The record industry 's response to this situation was not particularly systematic but by now some trends are obvious : the average age of the pop market ( and especially the pop single-buying market ) is younger than it was ; record companies devote more attention to building big mainstream stars than to servicing a variety of musical tastes ; stars are now conceived and sold as multi-media performers ; there has been a steady decline in the significance of live music making except as a promotional device . |
| 8 | The women 's response to this dispute differed . |
| 9 | Daphne 's response to this remembrance is to pledge obedience to her mother 's memory by forgetting Cynthio and embracing her sister shepherdesses . |
| 10 | De Gaulle 's response to this initiative was a calculated mixture of flexibility and intransigence . |
| 11 | Ayer 's response to this argument would be to agree that natural beauty , the intricacy of the physical universe , or the short life of a Galilean Jew , represented observable evidence . |
| 12 | Every hour spent pitching an icy descent increases the party 's exposure to this risk , and meanwhile an afternoon thunderstorm may be brewing to provide the finale to your epic . |
| 13 | What price Oxfam Canada 's support to this day with office , phone , and photocopier for the NI 's Canadian team ? |
| 14 | Norbert Gugerbauer resigned as FPÖ leader in the Nationalrat on March 5 to make way for Haider 's election to this post on March 10 . |
| 15 | Roland Barthes 's preface to this volume warns against the attempt made to ‘ naturalize ’ Robbe-Grillet 's fiction by adopting such a markedly humanist approach . |
| 16 | The Committee considered whether to increase the grant to Farmers World Network , but decided to allocate the full balance of this year 's budget to this post . |
| 17 | Boswell 's counterpoint to this recitative divulges that among their books the Mackinnons had the shorter version of Johnson 's own Dictionary , and that , notwithstanding the merry and warm respect they received from the household , the place began to feel like a prison on account of the adverse weather . |
| 18 | Leibniz 's reply to this question is somewhat confusing . |
| 19 | More recently we have considered Wittgenstein 's reply to this argument . |
| 20 | It would be wrong , however , to exaggerate the extent of women 's opposition to this benefit . |
| 21 | By application of Raoult 's law to this expression , it is possible to derive another expression relating to the composition of the solution , namly In this equation mB is the molality of the solute . |
| 22 | Is not the right hon. Gentleman 's attitude to this judgment typical of the decline in standards of political integrity over the 11 years of the regime of the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) ? |
| 23 | So what 's the Cathedral 's reaction to this afternoon 's rather confusing news ? |
| 24 | 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 … ’ |
| 25 | Gloucester 's reaction to this arrangement is unknown , but Lancashire was the one area of the north where Edward failed to endorse his power and the duke may well have resented his exclusion ; recent work has emphasized that he never entirely abandoned claims to grants which he had once held . |
| 26 | Gloucester 's reaction to this arrangement is unknown , but Lancashire was the one area of the north where Edward failed to endorse his power and the duke may well have resented his exclusion ; recent work has emphasized that he never entirely abandoned claims to grants which he had once held . |
| 27 | Established in the twenties in Belfast by brothers Harry Isaac and Maurice Adlestone , the original shop bears the Adlestone 's name to this day . |
| 28 | Not that Masha was unable to enjoy herself — she had a fine sense of humour and loved to sing , which she could do well , serenading the songs of her homeland — lullabies and airs which still resonate in her son 's head to this day . |
| 29 | Again , because of their lower earnings and more precarious relationship to the labour market , women 's access to this government subsidy and the most attractive occupational schemes is likely to be more restricted than men 's ( see Dulcie Groves ' chapter in this volume ) . |
| 30 | Cuvier 's commitment to this adaptationist or utilitarian approach was complete . |