Example sentences of "responds to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remember that she responds to laughter , and lightness and warmth , her attributes . |
| 2 | For a wide range of input and output patterns this system responds to removal of neurons in a surprisingly robust fashion , showing little degradation of function until a large number of neurons have been removed . |
| 3 | You control a floating hand that wibbles of its own accord but still responds to joystick commands , so you do n't have to wait for it to wobble onto the bit of the board you want to shoot at . |
| 4 | ‘ Industry responds to legislation but argues that costs are important , so why should it spend money if it is not breaking the law ? ’ |
| 5 | Thus although each receptor type responds to glutamate , some will respond to chemically similar molecules as well , others show different forms of specificity . |
| 6 | Golding is important as a myth-maker — a great formalist and myth-maker — but he is n't the kind of writer who responds to history very much . |
| 7 | If one task uses only one input neuron and the other uses the same neuron as part of a pattern of input , then the system responds to activity in that neuron as if it is a part of the larger pattern . |
| 8 | This is because the skin responds to sunlight by thickening as a protection , and this leads to blocked follicles , beginning the spot-cycle all over again . |
| 9 | This organism responds to treatment with bismuth salts — eg potassium dicitrato bismuthate ; DeNol . |
| 10 | I 'll just have to see how it responds to treatment . ’ |
| 11 | We 'll have to see how she responds to treatment , but it may take quite a long time . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ He 's a boy , ’ said Mrs Cantribb , greatly daring , to Mr McWhirter , knowing very well the nature of his teaching methods , ‘ who responds to stimulus . ’ |
| 13 | The lecturer responds to feedback from the audience — conveyed by smiles and nods , body position and posture , laughter , silence or , in extreme cases , departure from the room . |
| 14 | He/she will have had time to get to know your hair , what suits you , how well it responds to mousse and gel and when it should be cut or styled . |
| 15 | Do we , for instance , place a tick in the square labelled ‘ baby burps ’ and another in the box called ‘ mother pats back ’ ; or do we include a box called ‘ mother responds to baby ’ ; or at a higher level , does she score a point on an index of ‘ sensitivity ’ ? |
| 16 | The 1977 Housing ( Homeless persons ) Act ( now consolidated in the 1985 Housing Act ) responds to pregnancy of single women by giving them priority for rehousing by the local authority . |
| 17 | The answers should have important implications for understanding how the normal nervous system develops and functions and how it responds to injury and disease . |
| 18 | The British food industry responds to consumer demands for meals that can go from freezer to microwave to table within minutes . |
| 19 | This does not mean that the mind just responds to information in the way in which a thermostat , for instance , transduces information about temperature and performs switching operations . |
| 20 | Bacterial phlegmonous gastritis either responds to antibiotic treatment or results in death of the patient . |
| 21 | Here the government responds to market imperfections in proportions according with the extent of imperfection . |
| 22 | Whether and in what way an organization produces surplus value and responds to market demand will , it is predicted , determine the activities , skills , specialisms and organizational structures to be found within it . |