Example sentences of "respond to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the theory that light is made up of waves , it was not clear how it would respond to gravity . |
| 2 | Although this organism does respond to treatment with certain antibiotics , it is , surprisingly , more sensitive to metronidazole , the anti-protozoal agent used to treat trichomonas . |
| 3 | Local fish always carry parasites — not just the external ones which may respond to treatment , but internal ones such as tapeworms . |
| 4 | The tests would enable identification ( with varying certainty ) of patients who might respond to treatment and increase their survival . |
| 5 | He contracted a lung infection which did not respond to treatment . |
| 6 | Practical conservation is highly scientific , requiring an intimate knowledge and understanding of ancient materials and how they will respond to treatment . |
| 7 | One male patient with chronic antral ulcer did not respond to treatment within the next six months ( H pylori and ulcer persistence ) , and in one female patient a resistent body ulcer was identified as gastric lymphoma . |
| 8 | Tumours of the ovary and testis are likewise hormone-related , although they do not usually respond to hormone therapy . |
| 9 | With the Maestro and Montego we said we 'd respond to customer demand . |
| 10 | Arguments of this kind are very evident in discussions about how parents ' associations should respond to education cuts . |
| 11 | Proximity to a weak 50Hz or 60Hz electric field therefore means that ions in a certain mass range can respond to cyclotron action . |
| 12 | Known as the also known as the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor er cos it will respond to nicotine . |
| 13 | Furthermore , if schools could or would not respond to society 's needs , it might be necessary to impose a national core curriculum . |
| 14 | Furthermore , the lawyer can only respond to knowledge that has already been established ; he has little scientific imagination , especially when it comes to pushing at the frontiers of advancing aerodynamics or similar matters . |
| 15 | But managers do not respond to competition in simplistic ways and price signals , which are in any case weak , are usually ignored in favour of other factors which purchasers deem to be more important , for example GP referral patterns . |
| 16 | Some experts believe that British Rail would respond to competition in the same way . |
| 17 | There is one kind of kite that does not respond to paying-out the line(s) and that is the basic two-line stunter . |
| 18 | During the talks the USA acknowledged the environmental concerns of South Pacific countries but did not respond to Forum calls for an immediate and significant reduction of greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 19 | District controller Ian Jackson stressed the new boat is not an RNLI rescue boat , although it will respond to distress calls while it was at sea . |
| 20 | So a stallion may respond to punishment from us by trying to kick us with greater determination instead . |
| 21 | The police may respond to pressure to concentrate their time and resources on certain specific areas of criminal activity , often areas which have received heavy coverage in the mass media , such as football hooliganism or drug use . |
| 22 | On the other hand , a variable , service-orientated transaction ( such as that provided by an international hotel concierge ) would best respond to recruitment of the right person in the first place . |
| 23 | The model of the post-heroic leader that we discussed earlier is certainly based upon the premise that individuals will respond to encouragement . |
| 24 | Worse was to come , as my spade hit something solid that would n't respond to leverage . |
| 25 | In some cases of paradoxical pain — that is , patients with chronic nociceptive pain which does not respond to morphine — the ratio has been found to be much higher , meaning that lesser quantities of active 6-glucuronide are produced in proportion to the inactive , or even antagonistic , 3-glucuronide . |
| 26 | Editor , — David Bowsher defines paradoxical pain as chronic nociceptive pain that does not respond to morphine . |
| 27 | Most are a direct continuation of oesophageal varices and may respond to injection sclerotherapy from reflux of sclerosant below the cardia . |
| 28 | Many of those who consult a primary care physician have acute symptoms that worry them and will respond to explanation and reassurance . |
| 29 | Those patients who did not respond to dilatation treatment were advised to have surgery . |
| 30 | Surgery should be undertaken only in those who do not respond to dilatation treatment . |