Example sentences of "respond [adv] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Homeowners account has also responded positively to remedial action and produced a profit at the half year of $16.8m ( 1992 : $4.2m loss ) following a profit of $14.7m in the second quarter ( 1992 : $4.1m profit ) .
2 The State Department has responded cautiously to Soviet lobbying .
3 Between 1986 and 1992 , 54 children with surgically unresectable or disseminated neuroblastoma , who had responded poorly to conventional chemotherapy , were treated with I-MIBG at 2.5–3.7 GBq ( median 3.2 ) .
4 This condition generally responds rapidly to simple treatment .
5 This condition generally responds rapidly to simple treatment .
6 Glucose metabolism and insulin secretion are disturbed ; hypoglycemia is common and potentially lethal but usually responds promptly to dietary correction .
7 In an open-loop control scheme there is no feedback of load position to the controller and therefore it is imperative that the motor responds correctly to each excitation change .
8 He responds well to careful handling .
9 In the majority of patients , however , the pain is of short duration and responds well to spasmolytic medication or minor analgesics .
10 In New Jersey , the American cricket frog 's voice resounds at a frequency of 3500 hertz , and the female responds immediately to this sound .
11 The heart is also a muscle and it responds wonderfully to energetic exercise .
12 The pedal dermatitis responds poorly to symptomatic treatment , but regresses gradually in the absence of reinfection .
13 The US in the first half of the 1980s appears to have had such a mechanism whereas in the UK the real wages of employees did not respond flexibly to high unemployment by falling .
14 The third benefit of object-oriented software , O'Connell claims , is that ACT can respond quickly to changing market conditions at minimal cost .
15 Do respond quickly to this invitation as there 's not much time left !
16 I trust local authorities will respond positively to this settlement .
17 However , we need to keep an open mind about this because people can respond differently to each essence .
18 Nomes did n't respond well to this treatment .
19 The papacy did not respond well to this criticism of Hadrian , and Leo retaliated sharply in 798 .
20 ‘ It is a matter for ICSTIS ( the premium rate regulator ) and Oftel to regulate and we would respond immediately to any complaint about the misuse of videophones by cutting off the line , ’ a BT spokesman said .
21 Conversely , in people whose muscle spasm will not respond satisfactorily to cervical reintegration or other treatments aimed at removing muscle tension , an underlying emotional problem should be suspected .
22 LEAs will continue to be able , as now , to respond flexibly to local demand and to the needs and circumstances of their local communities , taking account of the ability of students to pay fees .
23 The parent , too , may seek a " better " child , who is able to respond better to parental effort .
24 This team is structured to respond swiftly to changing market circumstances , to promote employee creativity and to monitor the effectiveness of our product and marketing strategies .
25 The art of the general in dance means that the choreographer must understand the working of a dancer 's body and its ability to respond physically to any demand for movement .
26 Continuity is important , and the dog is likely to respond best to one person , especially when learning new routines .
27 Thus , the body appears to be able to respond more to raised blood glucose early in the daytime and this is in spite of the fact that we normally take in larger amounts of glucose later in the daytime .
28 It has thus been suggested that while there is ‘ substantial evidence of information arbitrage market efficiency , meaning that prices respond quickly to new information … this technical efficiency is very different from the claimed ability of the market to value stocks in accordance with the expected stream of future earnings or dividends ’ .
29 One in five pairs of socks sold in Britain is made by Sherwood , which can turn around designs in a matter of hours , allowing it to respond quickly to high fashion for its high street customers which include Marks & Spencer , BhS and Littlewoods .
30 They just energetically throw the pebbles around , and big pebbles and small pebbles respond differently to this treatment so they end up at different levels of the beach .
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