Example sentences of "in response to [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The amount of insulin released into the bloodstream by the pancreas in response to eating a standard amount of glucose is less in the afternoon and evening than in the morning , and this suggests that there is a rhythm in the sensitivity of the pancreas to raised blood glucose . |
| 2 | People vary considerably as to how much gas or wind they produce in response to eating different types of foods . |
| 3 | I have been told that this decision was partly in response to lobbying by feminist groups . |
| 4 | Although it is known that plasma concentrations of both peptides increase in response to feeding , the mechanism by which ingested food causes release of colonic hormones is not understood . |
| 5 | Concentrations of PYY and enteroglucagon increase in response to feeding and the amount of increase in both hormones reflects meal size and content . |
| 6 | This study shows that the motor activity of the normal human oesophagus is not limited to contraction waves in response to swallowing , but that non-deglutitive motility patterns occur in almost all normal gullets . |
| 7 | He was trained to operate levers and push buttons in response to flashing lights , each mistake being promptly followed by an electric shock to his feet . |
| 8 | A woman stopped and got out of her car in an unlit area at about 6:35pm on Thursday in response to flashing headlights on a white or light-coloured van behind her . |
| 9 | Insulin is probably the connecting link between sugar consumption and breast cancer this hormone is secreted in response to rising levels of glucose in the blood . |
| 10 | It went against all biological sense to suggest that the receptors and the elaborate physiological adaptations which they set in motion had no purpose , or had evolved in response to taking opium . |
| 11 | In that same collection of essays , however , an interesting parable is advanced in response to Flew by the philosopher of religion Basil Mitchell . |
| 12 | For instance , investment decisions taken in response to planning assumptions will yield future expectations about financial viability and success . |
| 13 | This meant that programme managers had little incentive to adapt their expenditures in response to increasing relative costs , except m short term response to the annual cash limits . |
| 14 | This meant that programme managers had little incentive to adapt their expenditures in response to increasing relative costs , except in the short term in response to the annual cash limits . |
| 15 | On May 3 the Cabinet , apparently in response to increasing popular dissatisfaction with the 30-year-old regime , endorsed a proposal from the political bureau of the ruling party , the Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire ( PDCI ) , that other parties should be allowed to operate . |
| 16 | The six-volume report was drawn up by a Royal Commission established in 1990 by the state 's Premier , Carmen Lawrence , in response to increasing public anger over improper dealings between the ALP state government and local entrepreneurs . |
| 17 | Reuters , marked down on Wednesday in response to selling in New York , shed a further 20 to £10.85 , with profit-takers still trying to off-load some stock . |
| 18 | In response to falling trade and as a gesture of solidarity to the pitmen , the landlord has changed the pub 's name to The Miners Arms . |
| 19 | Mr Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , said in response to questioning by reporters that there was no provision in the measure to require regional health authorities to keep within their proposed firm drugs budgets . |
| 20 | The conference had been called by Kerekou following the ruling People 's Revolutionary Party ( PRPB ) agreement in December 1989 to abandon Marxism-Leninism as the country 's official ideology [ see p. 37115 ] , in response to mounting social dissent and with the country on the brink of economic collapse . |
| 21 | The government on June 5 , 1990 , invoked state of emergency legislation [ see p. 37175 for renewal of state of emergency in January 1990 ] on June 5 , banning strikes in essential services in order to break a two-week strike by non-graduate teachers which had closed virtually all state-run schools , and in response to mounting industrial unrest over pay levels in the public sector . |
| 22 | The point is that this suburbanization developed entirely in response to housing pressures . |
| 23 | EAST Germany 's embattled government resigned last night in a surprise step foreshadowing important changes in the make-up of the Communist Party 's powerful politburo and policy shifts in response to continuing popular pressure . |
| 24 | For example , a group of people I studied in Madagascar changed their marriage system in response to changing economic circumstances but did not adjust their kinship terminology [ Bloch , 1975 ] . |
| 25 | The team also found that companies had allowed their financial exposure to get out of control through , for example , complex dealings exploiting inconsistencies in regulatory regimes , complex financing arrangements which proved awkward to manage when difficulties arose , and failure to change policies in response to changing economic conditions . |
| 26 | This is partially due to the fact that the auditor 's role is evolving in response to changing public needs and expectations . |
| 27 | As Lord Porter recognised , it is inevitable that the courts ' view of what is non-natural should change in response to changing social conditions and needs . |
| 28 | This multiplicity of objectives , and the way in which they are defined through the political process and change in response to changing political priorities , distinguishes state enterprises from private firms . |
| 29 | Studies to determine the effects of increased cardiac output on uterine bloodflow are ethically difficult and not performed , but ( Barton et al , 1974 ) showed that in pregnant sheep the uterine vessels constrict in response to circulating norepinephrine and epinephrine , while animal studies have shown that plasma catecholamines increase during exercise in response to the intensity and duration of the exercise . |
| 30 | ( Even in response to prompting , only one person in the entire sample said that this was an effective annual percentage rate of charge — and he was a bank manager . ) |