Example sentences of "was [vb pp] in response [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this book , we assume that the similarity between the transformational process and our diagnostic test arises because the former was formulated in response to intuitions about the fact that the properties of many ( but not all ! ) adjectives could be considered valid for the E qualified in both the P positions in : ( 7 ) P E E P In any case , the test gives us two different ways in which the adjective French may be used with its noun , and the examples show that it does not always designate a property of the entity to which it appears to be attached syntactically . |
| 2 | In the same year Bavaria and Wurttemberg concluded a customs agreement and a Central German Customs Union was formed in response , rather as EFTA was formed in response to the EEC . |
| 3 | It was formed in response to the urban riots in the late 1960s , although there had previously been community activity concentrated on winning historic and architectural recognition for the area . |
| 4 | The company says the Dedicated Systems Business Unit was formed in response to customer demand for additional networking functionality in dedicated systems , which it conceives of as dedicated systems with low system overhead , fast performance , built-in networking , real time response and graphics capabilities . |
| 5 | ( An earlier change had been made on April 25 when Kwon Hwi Hyuk had been appointed as Director of the Environment Agency after his predecessor Huh Nam Hoon was dismissed in response to the contamination of the water supply in Taegu through the dumping of 300 tonnes of phenol , a caustic chemical compound . ) |
| 6 | This package was developed in response to competition from such vendors as Intuit Inc and its ‘ bottom-end ’ product , Quicken ( CI No 2,016 ) . |
| 7 | Silhouette also provides this with their new ‘ Desire ’ label , which was developed in response to ‘ consumer demands for a new series ’ . |
| 8 | It replaces the traditional three-year degree and one-year Law Society Finals course and was developed in response to a Law Society initiative . |
| 9 | Even the deeds of valour , so proudly recorded , only added to her depression as she reminded herself that each was committed in response to yet one more example of man 's inhumanity to man . |
| 10 | Civilised men , possessed of considerable intellect , as he was , could generally control their lust and even deny it when it was felt in response to a woman who was either despised or prevented from reciprocating for a variety of reasons , but they could not always control their emotions . |
| 11 | Less noticeable phosphorylation of the receptor was seen in response to EGF in liver plasma membranes isolated 24 hours after partial hepatectomy and in TAGH infusion ( Figs 3 and 4 ) . |
| 12 | In our study , however , no release of VIP was seen in response to luminal infusion of bile . |
| 13 | This was done in response to the invitation from Faber-Castell in conjunction with the Royal College of Art to do a painting of my choice using the Faber-Castell Albrecht Durer crayon watercolour range . |
| 14 | The Chinese threat was made in response to earlier decisions taken in Hong Kong on the controversial US$24,000 million new airport project . |
| 15 | As a result , Under the Greenwood Tree ( 1872 ) was written in response to those critics , notably Alexander Macmillan himself , who had commended his earlier treatment of rustic scenes and characters . |
| 16 | It was written in response to Lord Owen 's call for military intervention to end the bloody civil war and ‘ ethnic cleansing ’ by Serbs . |
| 17 | Johnson 's book was written in response to the Moors Murders and the ensuing trial . |
| 18 | in the absence of acceptance , the subsequent correspondence was written in response to a ‘ wp ’ offer and as such was privileged . |
| 19 | While it is quite possible that a different range of indicators might have served equally well in this setting as surface markers of an underlying variable of social integration , this particular set was selected in response to two methodological criteria . |
| 20 | It was held that the Ford Motor Company had applied the trade description ‘ new ’ since the car was supplied in response to a request containing an indirect indication of that description and , in the words of section 4(3) , it was ‘ reasonable to infer that the goods [ were ] supplied as goods corresponding to that trade description . ’ |
| 21 | The release of PYY and enteroglucagon was measured in response to intraluminal stimuli in 176 patients having investigative colonoscopy . |
| 22 | Motility was measured in response to luminal bile and after washout of the lumen . |
| 23 | The bill was introduced in response to a wave of food riots and looting of warehouses used to store foreign aid supplies . |
| 24 | The resolution was submitted in response to US President George Bush 's controversial March 3 statement equating Jerusalem with the occupied territories [ see p. 37304 ] . |
| 25 | The decision was taken in response to fears that the town could be the next target in the current IRA bomb blitz . |
| 26 | The Supreme Court action was taken in response to a petition against the government 's decision submitted by the Bar Association . |
| 27 | The decision was taken in response to a campaign by Greenpeace against the international trade in waste products and in the wake of a scandal involving the illegal importation of hospital waste from Germany [ see ED 62 ] . |
| 28 | The Act was passed in response to the situation of conflict which had developed between fascists and anti-fascists in the East End , but had a wider purpose — to exert greater social control through increased police powers and the threat to public order posed by political extremism in general . |
| 29 | The Direction was issued in response to growing concern at the spread of large , out-of-town retail developments , some on greenfield sites . |
| 30 | This considered in accordance with AFHQ FX 75383 dated 14 [ Robertson 's order of 14 May -this confirms that Low 's order of 17 May was issued in response to the Robertson order ] . |