Example sentences of "a [adj] response to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , I would like to suggest the following working distinction : learning refers to actions , beliefs , and so on , that come about either through direct imitation of others , or as a conditioned response to punishments and rewards ; invention refers to actions , beliefs , and so on , that result from internal processes of thinking and working out solutions to problems ( though acknowledging that such processes are influenced by the individual 's experience ) . |
| 2 | THE board of Barclays , Britain 's biggest clearing bank , yesterday announced the first moves towards appointing an outside chief executive in a clear response to shareholders ' recent criticism of existing top management . |
| 3 | For a generous response to vocations to the |
| 4 | insists on a proper response to complaints and on action to set right the problems behind them . |
| 5 | The team resolved to produce a pro-forma to encourage a comprehensive response to requests for recommended schools from , for example , Area Education Officers . |
| 6 | Establish a Recruitment Office which is staffed fully and equipped to allow a swift response to enquiries on a written and personal basis . |
| 7 | This has its problems , but it does allow a quick response to members ' requests for topics . |
| 8 | Deeply concerned at what she sees as a naive response to changes in the Warsaw Pact countries which could yet be reversed , Mrs Thatcher will seek a clear assurance from Mr Bush that any defence cuts will not erode the US military commmitment to Western Europe . |
| 9 | Fast Questioning Service , where service costs and techniques are scrutinised and planned ; they are executed quickly and efficiently with no call backs ; they provide a fast response to clients ’ requests ; and FQS always anticipates the customer 's needs . |
| 10 | In both cases it was the development of sustained monomorphic ventricular tachycardia rather than fibrillation which was prognostic and it would seem that ventricular fibrillation is a non-specific response to PVS dependent on the " " vigour " " of the protocol . |
| 11 | ‘ For reasons that I can not understand , ’ he continued , ‘ we in Britain seem to have a negative response to winners . |
| 12 | Paris : The CAC-40 index climbed 9.37 points to 1,918.41 in a robust response to increases in European interest rates . |
| 13 | This requires personal understanding of each individual situation , not a blind response to ideals and opinions . |
| 14 | In this chapter Neil Toppin describes the assessment panels at his school in Scotland , which were established to attempt a flexible response to problems of disruption within the school and to offer pupils excluded from other schools or returning from special provision another chance in the mainstream . |
| 15 | Indirect Rule was not , as was claimed at the time , just a pragmatic response to circumstances , or a way of breaking the natives in gently to the rigours of civilized living . |
| 16 | Visual handicap is not going to elicit a common response to situations although it can impose some shared problems . |
| 17 | This was never articulated directly , a variety of subtler means were employed ; humour , to engage an audience and convey an important message without alienation ; sensuality , in a particular response to materials and experimentation , a need to manipulate materials and accepted methods of doing things in order to extend traditional boundaries , blurring and redefining the nature of art , craft and commercial design . |
| 18 | In conclusion , I am advocating that , as the whole-school approach grows in popularity as a positive response to children with special educational needs , it is important that schools , as organisations , and teachers , as individuals , reject the segregationist policy towards disruptive pupils which might appeal to some teachers and government policy makers . |
| 19 | Dismissals are now explained as an inevitable response to pressures beyond managerial control be they the result of higher taxes to pay for the public finance deficit or the need to introduce even greater levels of mechanization to meet world competition . |
| 20 | This however is not due to a desire to rock'n'roll but represents an instinctive response to signals interpreted by their mind configuration as a call to food , sex or perhaps just good arachnid company . |
| 21 | Up until the 1950s , it was difficult for any human beings who suffered from an allergic response to cats to become cat owners , no matter how much they longed to share their lives with a feline companion . |