Example sentences of "[adj] reply to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you for your prompt reply to my letter about the hedges on Trough Road and Gubberford Lane . |
| 2 | Now , I think this is a very interesting reply to our advert . |
| 3 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 4 | Representatives of Conservative Central Office helped Heseltine 's local constituency association to draft a public reply to his open letter declaring its support for the leadership . |
| 5 | When Eliot had spoken well of me in the reply to John Garrett , to which I have referred , the latter was slightly miffed , I could tell ; for although he showed it me with some pride as being a favourable reply to his request , he countered the praise it contained by saying that Eliot was being far too kind to an absolute novice . |
| 6 | Think of the likely replies to your question ; think of the vocabulary you will meet . |
| 7 | She measures out her guarded replies to him in neat , carefully checked words , as once she had suggested , from the top of the steps outside their front door , that Millie might like to invite me in for a few minutes . |
| 8 | Mr Gummer is inclined to give a snap reply to his critics , when he would do better to check carefully what they have said . |
| 9 | But , as prisoners see it , the new system means only that they receive negative replies to their complaints more quickly . |
| 10 | Within Hinduism a classical reply to what or who is Brahman is neti-neti — " not this , not this " . |
| 11 | Whether or not the criticisms were mistaken ( and many were not ) , failure even to notice them , let alone reply to them , indicates gross bias in the ANSR report . |
| 12 | However , Singer objected to the importation of moral personality by contractualists like John Rawls on two main grounds and we are now in a position to supplement my provisional replies to his argument . |
| 13 | In that time the Great Criminal sent us not even one reply to our requests for help . |
| 14 | If the course of action that I am suggesting and ind which is indeed consistent with the course of action I have been suggesting throughout this enquiry is to work , then I need I would suggest tomorrow is probably the absolute latest for me to get anything from you , and to give the Councils any opportunity whatsoever to make any reply to them . |
| 15 | Those were my spoken replies to my mother , but my unspoken one was that it was up to me , and not to her , to decide when and to what extent I was either cold or hungry . |
| 16 | Resigned to being detained for several minutes , Melissa forced herself to be pleasant , making suitable replies to his comments on the weather and agreeing that it was a bit unsettled , that frost was still likely to be a problem but was only to be expected at this time of year . |