Example sentences of "response to [noun pl] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | These parents were initially delighted last year when the local council announced that , in response to parents ' campaigning for a nursery class , all four-year-olds would be offered a school place . |
2 | The campaign started a fortnight ago in response to residents ' complaints of nuisances caused by large scale cockling operations . |
3 | This has its problems , but it does allow a quick response to members ' requests for topics . |
4 | They also belong to an enjoying retirement group run by Network , a local community organisation , which arranges outings , debates , and lectures in response to members ' ideas . |
5 | The complicated nature of women 's response to doctors ' views about their role also characterised the way in which women dealt with the whole area of sexual difference and its implications for their position in terms of both the separation of spheres and of female dependency within the private sphere of home and family . |
6 | Did nudes in the tabloid press proliferate in the 1970s in response to readers ' demands , or were readers ' expectations aroused by the supply , as a marketing device ? |
7 | The supply of all product to shops is in direct response to retailers ' orders , which are placed either with the distribution centre or with the company 's sales force on their monthly calls . |
8 | Mr Welsh said that in response to reporters ' questions he had refused to rule out any tactic because the party had not decided what its strategy on civil disobedience might be . |
9 | By piecing together information from a range of sources , including fire reports , response to MPs ' questions and media reports , Greenpeace has been able to document 252 fires plus explosions and radioactive leaks . |
10 | Thus , to put the point at its mildest , it is by no means clear that the general abolition of competition is desirable , that the alternative of centrally planned provision and allocation will offer a more sensitive and efficient response to consumers ' demands and wishes , or a better means of deploying resources . |