Example sentences of "[prep] answer to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What do you say in answer to a proposition like that ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . " |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | While the siege of Calais was in progress , in answer to a call from the French , the Scots attacked the north of England . |
| 18 | A common example is a dramatic reduction in telephone bills through the reduced need to return calls in answer to a query . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 " . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The challenge to the council 's resolution in Wandsworth LBC v. Winder was collateral in two ways : it was made in answer to a claim for possession of the premises by the Council , and it was incidental to an assertion of a contractual right under the lease . |
| 25 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that the liability imposed under section 1(1) of the Act of 1978 was intended by Parliament , by virtue of section 6(1) of the Act , to enable claims for contribution to be made as between parties who had no claim for contribution under the general law , and applied whenever a plaintiff had a cause of action against a third party in respect of the same damage as gave rise to his cause of action against the defendant , irrespective of the legal basis of the liability ; and that , accordingly , the defence of ex turpi causa non oritur actio could not be relied upon in answer to a claim for contribution under the Act ; and that , since there was sufficient possibility of the third party being found liable for some part of the plaintiffs ' loss , there were no grounds for striking out the third party notice ( post , pp. 1022H — 1023A , G–H , 1024G — 1025D ) . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , yes , ’ she had said , in answer to a remark of Alice 's , ‘ we sure are quiet here . ’ |
| 27 | In answer to a prosecution question , he stated that he did hear indistinct gunfire , but had thought no more of it . |
| 28 | After I had read out the concentrated edition to my two guests , Moltke remarked : ‘ Now it has a different ring ; it sounded before like a parley ; now it is like a flourish in answer to a challenge . ’ |
| 29 | Charles explained that he 'd come round in answer to a complaint and rather thankfully began to pass on apologies on behalf of the Regiment for transmission to Lord Southdown later , but the butler shook his head regretfully once more , indicated that Lady Charity was at home , and felt certain that she would deal with the matter . |
| 30 | Whereas 54 per cent had professed faith in Soviet postwar co-operativeness in answer to an opinion poll in the middle of 1945 , by February 1946 this figure had been almost halved . |